Higher rank local systems in Lagrangian Floer theory

Parallel transport maps on the Chiang Lagrangian.

Abstract

We extend Floer theory for monotone Lagrangians to allow coefficients in local systems of arbitrary rank. Unlike the rank 1 case, this is often obstructed by Maslov 2 discs. We study exactly what the obstruction is and define some natural unobstructed subcomplexes. To illustrate these constructions we do some explicit calculations for the Chiang Lagrangian $L_{\Delta} \subseteq \mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^3$. For example, we equip $L_{\Delta}$ with a particular rank 2 local system $W$ over $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ for which the resulting Floer complex $CF_{∗}(W, W)$ is unobstructed despite the presence of Maslov 2 discs. We compute that the cohomology $HF_∗(W, W)$ is non-zero and deduce that $L_{\Delta}$ cannot be disjoined from $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^3$ by a Hamiltonian isotopy.

Momchil Konstantinov
Momchil Konstantinov
ML Science/Engineering, Maths PhD