Generating Functions in \mathbb{R}^{2n} and the Hatcher-Waldhausen map

Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) Cobordism and concordance in topological manifolds (57N70) Topological (K)-theory (19L99)

Abstract: In this paper we construct a generating family quadratic at infinity for any exact Lagrangian in

m a t h b b R^{2 n}

equal to

m a t h b b R^{n}

outside a compact set. Such generating families are related to the space

m a t h c a l M_{i} n f t y

considered by Eliashberg and Gromov. We show that this space is the homotopy fiber of the Hatcher-Waldhausen map, and thus serves as a geometric model for this space. This relates the understanding of exact Lagrangians (and Legendrians) to algebraic K-theory of spaces. We then use this fibration sequence to produce new results (restrictions) on this type of Lagrangian. In particular we show how B"okstedts result that the Hatcher-Waldhausen map is a rational homotopy equivalence proves the new result that the stable Lagrangian Gauss map for our Lagrangian relative infinity is homotopy trivial.

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