Symplectic Dynamics/Geometry Seminar

Equivariant and nonequivariant contact homology

I will discuss joint work with Hutchings which constructs nonequivariant and a family floer equivariant version of contact homology. Both theories are generated by two copies of each Reeb orbit over Z and capture interesting torsion information. I will then explain how one can recover the original cylindrical theory proposed by Eliashberg-Givental-Hofer via our construction.

Date & Time

March 20, 2019 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Location

Simonyi Hall 101

Affiliation

Rice University

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