Twisted ECH functoriality for capping and decoupling cobordisms

Let (W,ω)(W,\omega) be a Σ\Sigma-capping or Σ\Sigma-decoupling cobordism from (M,xi)(M_-,xi_-) to (M+,xi+)(M_+,xi_+), and define the closed 22-forms on the boundary by

Ω±=ωTM±.\Omega_\pm=\omega|_{TM_\pm}.

For each boundary contact manifold, let c(M±,xi±;Ω±)c(M_\pm,xi_\pm;\Omega_\pm) denote its twisted contact invariant in ECH(M±,xi±;0,Ω±){\operatorname{ECH}}(M_\pm,xi_\pm;0,\Omega_\pm), and let UkU^k be the kk-fold UU-map.

Twisted ECH cobordism conjecture. If c(M+,xi+;Ω+)c(M_+,xi_+;\Omega_+) vanishes, then c(M,xi;Ω)c(M_-,xi_-;\Omega_-) also vanishes. Moreover, if c(M+,xi+;Ω+)c(M_+,xi_+;\Omega_+) lies in the image of UkU^k on ECH(M+,xi+;0,Ω+){\operatorname{ECH}}(M_+,xi_+;0,\Omega_+) for some kNk\in\mathbb N, then c(M,xi;Ω)c(M_-,xi_-;\Omega_-) lies in the image of UkU^k on ECH(M,xi;0,Ω){\operatorname{ECH}}(M_-,xi_-;0,\Omega_-).

This conjectural extension of the exact-cobordism result would remove the exactness condition on ω\omega for Σ\Sigma-capping and Σ\Sigma-decoupling cobordisms, using twisted coefficients to record the boundary restrictions of the symplectic form. The preceding discussion presents vanishing results as evidence, but the statement is not identified as resolved in the supplied text.

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Chris Wendl, “Non-Exact Symplectic Cobordisms Between Contact 3-Manifolds”, arXiv:1008.2456 (2013).

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