Caustics of Lagrangian homotopy spheres with stably trivial Gauss map

DOI10.4310/JSG.2022.V20.N5.A1zbMATH Open1518.53059arXiv2105.05843OpenAlexW3163338990MaRDI QIDQ6042865FDOQ6042865

Authors: Daniel Álvarez-Gavela, David Darrow 

Publication date: 4 May 2023

Published in: The Journal of Symplectic Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For each positive integer $n$, we give a geometric description of the stably trivial elements of the group $p{i}_n{U}_n/O_n$. In particular, we show that all such elements admit representatives whose tangencies with respect to a fixed Lagrangian plane consist only of folds. By the h-principle for the simplification of caustics, this has the following consequence: if a Lagrangian distribution is stably trivial from the viewpoint of a Lagrangian homotopy sphere, then by an ambient Hamiltonian isotopy one may deform the Lagrangian homotopy sphere so that its tangencies with respect to the Lagrangian distribution are only of fold type. Thus the stable triviality of the Lagrangian distribution, which is a necessary condition for the simplification of caustics to be possible, is also sufficient. We give applications of this result to the arborealization program and to the study of nearby Lagrangian homotopy spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.05843

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zbMATH Keywords

Weinstein manifoldsstable homotopy groupsLagrangian homotopy spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Symplectic aspects of mirror symmetry, homological mirror symmetry, and Fukaya category (53D37) Discrete Morse theory and related ideas in manifold topology (57Q70)

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