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Holomorphic disk detects a nonzero Liouville class

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For a smooth nonconstant holomorphic disk h in Cn with boundary on a Lagrangian submanifold L, its symplectic area is ∫D2​∣∂s​h∣2dsdt>0. The Cauchy-Riemann equations give ∂t​h=J∂s​h, so this is the pullback of the standard symplectic form. The Stokes theorem identifies the area with the period of a primitive along the boundary loop. Thus the Liouville class of a Lagrangian submanifold evaluates nontrivially on this loop and cannot vanish.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2002 / iii / Paper 16 / 5 / Solution

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