Coherent orientations in symplectic field theory revisited

DOI10.1007/S00209-023-03366-8MaRDI QIDQ6090610zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Erkao Bao

Publication date 17 November 2023

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08443

zbMATH Keywords

coherent orientationgluing Cauchy-Riemann tuplesmoduli spaces of J-holomorphic curvessymplectic field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Pseudoholomorphic curves (32Q65) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42)

Abstract: In symplectic field theory (SFT), the moduli spaces of $J$-holomorphic curves can be oriented coherently (compatible with gluing). In this note, we correct the signs involved in the generating function $mathbfH$ in SFT so that the master equation $mathbfHcdotmathbfH=0$ holds assuming transversality. The orientation convention that we use is consistent with that of Hutchings-Taubes from [HT09].

Review text

Eliashberg et al. introduced a potential \(\mathbf{H}\) which encapsulates a signed count of elements of moduli spaces of \(J\)-holomorphic curves, and satisfies the master equation \(\mathbf{H} \cdot \mathbf{H} = 0\), where \(\cdot\) denotes the product in the corresponding Weyl super-algebra; cf. Theorem 2.2.2 in [\textit{Y. Eliashberg} et al., in: GAFA 2000. Visions in mathematics -- Towards 2000. Proceedings of a meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel, August 25--September 3, 1999. Part II. Basel: Birkhäuser. 560--673 (2000; Zbl 0989.81114)]. In the paper under review, the author recalls that this algebraic definition of \(\mathbf{H}\) is not compatible with the orientation conventions considered in [\textit{F. Bourgeois} and \textit{K. Mohnke}, Math. Z. 248, No. 1, 123--146 (2004; Zbl 1060.53080)] and [\textit{M. Hutchings} and \textit{C. H. Taubes}, J. Symplectic Geom. 7, No. 1, 29--133 (2009; Zbl 1193.53183)] which affect the gluing map of the Cauchy-Riemann tuples. The author corrects the signs of \(\mathbf{H}\) so that they match with the latter convention and, assuming transversality, proves that the master equation holds.

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