Handle-decomposition independence of the sutured monopole Floer contact map

Let (M,Γ,ξM)(M,\Gamma,\xi_M) be a sutured contact manifold contained in (M,Γ)(M',\Gamma'), and let ξ\xi be a contact structure on Mint(M)M'\smallsetminus \operatorname{int}(M) with dividing set ΓΓ\Gamma\cup \Gamma'. For a contact handle decomposition HH of (Mint(M),ΓΓ,ξ)(M'\smallsetminus \operatorname{int}(M),\Gamma\cup \Gamma',\xi), let

Φξ,H:SHM(M,Γ)SHM(M,Γ)\Phi_{\xi,H}:\underline{SHM}(-M,-\Gamma)\longrightarrow\underline{SHM}(-M',-\Gamma')

be the corresponding composition of contact handle attachment maps. Handle-decomposition independence conjecture. The map Φξ,H\Phi_{\xi,H} is independent of the handle decomposition HH. This would make the monopole Floer analogue of the sutured Floer contact cobordism map canonical, rather than dependent on auxiliary handle-decomposition choices. The source does not state a resolution.

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John A. Baldwin and Steven Sivek, “A contact invariant in sutured monopole homology”, arXiv:1403.1930 (2014).

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