Handle-decomposition independence conjecture for sutured instanton cobordism maps

Let (M,Γ)(M,\Gamma) be a sutured submanifold of (M,Γ)(M',\Gamma'), and let ξ\xi be a contact structure on Mint(M)M'\setminus\operatorname{int}(M) with dividing set ΓΓ\Gamma\cup\Gamma'. Given a contact-handle decomposition HH of this cobordism, let

Φξ,H:SHI(M,Γ)SHI(M,Γ)\Phi_{\xi,H}:\underline{\operatorname{SHI}}(-M,-\Gamma)\to\underline{\operatorname{SHI}}(-M',-\Gamma')

be the corresponding composition of contact handle attachment maps. Handle-independence conjecture. The map Φξ,H\Phi_{\xi,H} is independent of HH. This would make the map depend only on the contact structure ξ\xi, as in the corresponding constructions in sutured Heegaard Floer and monopole homology.

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John A. Baldwin and Steven Sivek, “Instanton Floer homology and contact structures”, arXiv:1405.3278 (2014).

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