Abstract: In this paper, we study compact convex Lefschetz fibrations on compact convex symplectic manifolds (i.e., Liouville domains) of dimension which are introduced by Seidel and later also studied by McLean. By a result of Akbulut-Arikan, the open book on , which we call emph{convex open book}, induced by a compact convex Lefschetz fibration on carries the contact structure induced by the convex symplectic structure (i.e., Liouville structure) on . Here we show that, up to a Liouville homotopy and a deformation of compact convex Lefschetz fibrations on , any simply connected embedded Lagrangian submanifold of a page in a convex open book on can be assumed to be Legendrian in with the induced contact structure. This can be thought as the extension of Giroux's Legendrian realization (which holds for contact open books) for the case of convex open books. Moreover, a result of Akbulut-Arikan implies that there is a one-to-one correspondence between convex stabilizations of a convex open book and convex stabilizations of the corresponding compact convex Lefschetz fibration. We also show that the convex stabilization of a compact convex Lefschetz fibration on yields a compact convex Lefschetz fibration on a Liouville domain which is exact symplectomorphic to a emph{positive expansion} of . In particular, with the induced structures and are contactomorphic.
The paper under review studies ``compact convex Lefschetz fibrations \(W^{2n+2}\to D^2\). These are Lefschetz fibrations with an exact \(2\)-form \(\omega=d\lambda\), whose restriction to the fibers defines a convex symplectic structure, i.e. a symplectic structure such that the vector field \(Z\) defined by \(\iota_Z\omega=\lambda\) points outwards at the boundary. The restriction \(\lambda\mid_{\partial W}\) defines then a contact structure on \(\partial W\) which is supported on an open book coming from the Lefschetz fibration. It is proven that for any simply connected, Legendrian submanifold \(L\subset \partial W\) embedded in the interior of a page of that open book, one can find a 1-parameter deformation of the compact convex Lefschetz fibration that renders \(L\) into a Lagrangian submanifold of the accordingly deformed contact structure.
