Title: A new approach to the symplectic isotopy problem
Abstract:The symplectic isotopy conjecture states that every smooth symplectic surface in $CP^2$ is symplectically isotopic to a complex algebraic curve. Progress began with Gromov's pseudoholomorphic curves [...The symplectic isotopy conjecture states that every smooth symplectic surface in $CP^2$ is symplectically isotopic to a complex algebraic curve. Progress began with Gromov's pseudoholomorphic curves [Gro85], and progressed further culminating in Siebert and Tian's proof of the conjecture up to degree 17 [ST05], but further progress has stalled. In this article we provide a new direction of attack on this problem. Using a solution to a nodal symplectic isotopy problem we guide model symplectic isotopies of smooth surfaces. This results in an equivalence between the smooth symplectic isotopy problem and an existence problem of certain embedded Lagrangian disks. This redirects study of this problem from the realm of pseudoholomorphic curves of high genus to the realm of Lagrangians and Floer theory. Because the main theorem is an equivalence going both directions, it could theoretically be used to either prove or disprove the symplectic isotopy conjecture.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-09-08
Language: en
Type: preprint
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