Symplectomorphisms and spherical objects in the conifold smoothing

arXiv2301.10525MaRDI QIDQ6424355FDOQ6424355

Authors: Ailsa M. Keating, Ivan Smith 

Publication date: 25 January 2023

Abstract: Let $X$ denote the `conifold smoothing', the symplectic Weinstein manifold which is the complement of a smooth conic in $T^{\ast }{S}^3$, or equivalently the plumbing of two copies of $T^{\ast }{S}^3$ along a Hopf link. Let $Y$ denote the `conifold resolution', by which we mean the complement of a smooth divisor in $mathcalO(-1)oplusmathcalO(-1)omathbb{P}^1$. We prove that the compactly supported symplectic mapping class group of $X$ splits off a copy of an infinite rank free group, in particular is infinitely generated; and we classify spherical objects in the bounded derived category $D(Y)$ (the three-dimensional `affine $A_1$-case'). Our results build on work of Chan-Pomerleano-Ueda and Toda, and both theorems make essential use of working on the `other side' of the mirror.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic aspects of mirror symmetry, homological mirror symmetry, and Fukaya category (53D37) Derived categories of sheaves, dg categories, and related constructions in algebraic geometry (14F08)

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