AN INVARIANT OF CONTACT MANIFOLDS

Eli Lebow, NCBS, 8 May 2008

Outline of talk:

• Invariants
  • geometric objects
  • transformations
  • the invariant
  • intermediate steps
• Embedded contact homology (ECH) background
• Manifolds
• Contact manifolds
• Reeb flow lines and Reeb orbits
• ECH: Counting collections of collections of Reeb orbits

Some links:

• Contact manifold pictures
• Michael Hutchings