Topological invariance conjecture for sutured embedded contact homology

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Let (M,Γ,ξ)(M,Γ,ξ) be a sutured contact 33-manifold, let αiα_i be contact forms with ξi=kerαiξ_i=\ker \alpha_i, let JiJ_i be almost complex structures, and let A1,A2H1(M)A_1,A_2\in H_1(M) be related by

A2A1=PD(sξ1sξ2).A_2-A_1=\operatorname{PD}(\mathfrak{s}_{\xi_1}-\mathfrak{s}_{\xi_2}).

Here sξi\mathfrak{s}_{\xi_i} denotes the Spinc\operatorname{Spin}^c structure determined by ξiξ_i.

Sutured ECH invariance conjecture. The sutured embedded contact homologies satisfy

ECH(M,Γ,α1,J1,A1)ECH(M,Γ,α2,J2,A2)ECH(M,\Gamma,\alpha_1,J_1,A_1)\simeq ECH(M,\Gamma,\alpha_2,J_2,A_2)

as relatively graded F\mathbb{F}-modules.

This conjecture asserts independence from the contact form, contact structure, and almost complex structure. It is motivated by topological invariance of closed ECH, which follows from its identification with Seiberg–Witten Floer cohomology; the sutured case remains conjectural.

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Primary source

Vincent Colin, Paolo Ghiggini, Ko Honda and Michael Hutchings, “Sutures and contact homology I”, arXiv:1004.2942 (2010).

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