Markov numbers and Lagrangian cell complexes in the complex projective plane

DOI10.2140/GT.2018.22.1143zbMATH Open1381.53159arXiv1606.08656OpenAlexW2467868389MaRDI QIDQ680304FDOQ680304

Authors: Jonathan D. Evans, Ivan Smith 

Publication date: 23 January 2018

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study Lagrangian embeddings of a class of two-dimensional cell complexes $L_{p,q}$ into the complex projective plane. These cell complexes, which we call pinwheels, arise naturally in algebraic geometry as vanishing cycles for quotient singularities of type $frac1p^2(pq-1,1)$ (Wahl singularities). We show that if a pinwheel admits a Lagrangian embedding into $mathbf{CP}^2$ then $p$ is a Markov number and we completely characterise $q$. We also show that a collection of Lagrangian pinwheels $L_{p_i,q_i}$, $i=1,ldots,N$, cannot be made disjoint unless $Nleq3$ and the $p_i$ form part of a Markov triple. These results are the symplectic analogue of a theorem of Hacking and Prokhorov, which classifies complex surfaces with quotient singularities admitting a $mathbfQ$-Gorenstein smoothing whose general fibre is $mathbf{CP}^2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08656

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zbMATH Keywords

vanishing cyclesWahl singularitiesMarkov numberssymplectic four-manifolds and orbifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J17) Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42)

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