Knot contact homology, string topology, and the cord algebra

DOI10.5802/JEP.55zbMATH Open1380.53101arXiv1601.02167OpenAlexW2964350656WikidataQ125123339 ScholiaQ125123339MaRDI QIDQ2011996FDOQ2011996

Authors: K. Cieliebak, Tobias Ekholm, Janko Latschev, Lenhard Ng 

Publication date: 27 July 2017

Published in: Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The conormal Lagrangian $L_K$ of a knot $K$ in $mathbb{R}^3$ is the submanifold of the cotangent bundle $T^{*}mathbb{R}^3$ consisting of covectors along $K$ that annihilate tangent vectors to $K$. By intersecting with the unit cotangent bundle $S^{*}mathbb{R}^3$, one obtains the unit conormal $Lambd{a}_K$, and the Legendrian contact homology of $Lambd{a}_K$ is a knot invariant of $K$, known as knot contact homology. We define a version of string topology for strings in $mathbb{R}^{3}cup{L}_K$ and prove that this is isomorphic in degree 0 to knot contact homology. The string topology perspective gives a topological derivation of the cord algebra (also isomorphic to degree 0 knot contact homology) and relates it to the knot group. Together with the isomorphism this gives a new proof that knot contact homology detects the unknot. Our techniques involve a detailed analysis of certain moduli spaces of holomorphic disks in $T^{*}mathbb{R}^3$ with boundary on $mathbb{R}^{3}cup{L}_K$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02167

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zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian submanifoldLegendrian submanifoldstring topologyholomorphic curveknot invariantconormal bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) String topology (55P50)

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