QM Research Seminar: Calabi-Yau structure on the Chekanov-Eliashberg of a Legendrian sphere

Speaker: Noémie Legout (University of Uppsala)

Abstract:

To a Legendrian submanifold in the contactisation of a Liouville domain, one can associate a differential graded algebra (DGA) called the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra (C-E algebra), and from which many Legendrian isotopy invariants are defined. Given any DGA, it is a hard question to know if it can be the C-E algebra of a Legendrian or not. In this talk, we will give a characterization of the C-E algebra, namely we show that for a displaceable Legendrian sphere this algebra is a Calabi-Yau DGA. This means that there is a quasi-isomorphism of DG-bimodules between the diagonal bimodule and the inverse dualizing bimodule. In order to prove this, we define another complex associated to a Legendrian, the Rabinowitz complex, and show that the acyclicity of this complex implies the existence of a Calabi-Yau structure.
If time permits we will briefly talk about a work in progress with Georgios Dimitroglou-Rizell for the case when the Legendrian is not necessarily a sphere. In this case, and under certain hypothesis, the C-E algebra admits a relative Calabi-Yau structure.