A combinatorial dga for Legendrian knots from generating families

DOI10.1142/S0219199712500599zbMATH Open1280.57004arXiv1106.3357MaRDI QIDQ4916151FDOQ4916151

Authors: Michael B. Henry, Dan Rutherford 

Publication date: 19 April 2013

Published in: Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a Legendrian knot L in R^3 with a chosen Morse complex sequence (MCS) we construct a differential graded algebra (DGA) whose differential counts "chord paths" in the front projection of L. The definition of the DGA is motivated by considering Morse-theoretic data from generating families. In particular, when the MCS arises from a generating family we give a geometric interpretation of our chord paths as certain broken gradient trajectories which we call "gradient staircases". Given two equivalent MCS's we prove the corresponding linearized complexes of the DGA are isomorphic. If the MCS has a standard form, then we show that our DGA agrees with the Chekanov-Eliashberg DGA after changing coordinates by an augmentation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3357

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zbMATH Keywords

Legendrian knotsdifferential graded algebracontact homologyaugmentationsgenerating familiesMorse complex sequences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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