Mathematics – Symplectic Geometry
Scientific paper
2002-07-11
Duke Math. J. Volume 122, Number 2 (2004), 347-397
Mathematics
Symplectic Geometry
Typos corrected, 2 minor corrections in the text. Numbering consistant with the published version
Scientific paper
10.1215/S0012-7094-04-12223-7
We study in this paper the rational homotopy type of the space of symplectic embeddings of the standard ball $B^4(c) \subset \R^4$ into 4-dimensional rational symplectic manifolds. We compute the rational homotopy groups of that space when the 4-manifold has the form $M_{\lambda}= (S^2 \times S^2, \mu \omega_0 \oplus \omega_0)$ where $\omega_0$ is the area form on the sphere with total area 1 and $\mu$ belongs to the interval $[1,2]$. We show that, when $\mu$ is 1, this space retracts to the space of symplectic frames, for any value of $c$. However, for any given $1 < \mu < 2$, the rational homotopy type of that space changes as $c$ crosses the critical parameter $c_{crit} = \mu - 1$, which is the difference of areas between the two $S^2$ factors. We prove moreover that the full homotopy type of that space changes only at that value, i.e the restriction map between these spaces is a homotopy equivalence as long as these values of $c$ remain either below or above that critical value.
Lalonde François
Pinsonnault Martin
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