New algebraic structures for Legendrian links
Presenter
April 25, 2022
Abstract
I'll discuss a number of (arguably) new holomorphic-curve invariants of Legendrian knots and links. These come from an L-infinity structure on commutative Legendrian contact homology, derived from rational symplectic field theory. The new invariants include a symplectic structure on the augmentation variety of a Legendrian link, as well as a Poisson bracket (on a polynomial ring) associated to any positive braid. Parts of this are joint work in progress with Roger Casals, Honghao Gao, Linhui Shen, and Daping Weng.