A bifurcation theorem for Lagrangian intersections (Q4953579)

The authors show that intersections of one parameter families of Lagrangian submanifolds containing a given one have stronger bifurcation properties than intersections of general submanifolds. For families \(L_t\) (Lagrangian submanifolds) close enough in the \(C^1\) topology to a given Lagrangian submanifold \(L_0\) bifurcation of intersection points \(L_t\) with \(L_0\) reduces to bifurcation of critical points of one parameter families of smooth functions. The authors show that bifurcation arises whenever the spectral flow, i.e., the difference between the Morse indices of the endpoints of the trivial branch, is nonzero. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0934.00032].