The shape invariant of four-dimensional ellipsoids

Abstract The shape invariant of a symplectic manifold encodes the possible area classes of embedded Lagrangian tori. Potentially this is a powerful invariant, but for most manifolds the shape is unknown. We compute the shape for 4 dimensional symplectic ellipsoids where the ratio of the factors is an integer. The full shape invariant gives stronger embedding obstructions than results obtained by considering only monotone tori.

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Mathematische Annalen
Published
2026-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-026-03321-y
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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The shape invariant of four-dimensional ellipsoids

Richard Hind, J Zhang
Mathematische Annalen
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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The shape invariant of four-dimensional ellipsoids

Richard Hind, J Zhang
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Abstract The shape invariant of a symplectic manifold encodes the possible area classes of embedded Lagrangian tori. Potentially this is a powerful invariant, but for most manifolds the shape is unknown. We compute the shape for 4 dimensional symplectic ellipsoids where the ratio of the factors is an integer. The full shape invariant gives stronger embedding obstructions than results obtained by considering only monotone tori.

Mathematische AnnalenVol. 394(3)
University of Notre Dame (US), University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
University of Notre Dame, National Natural Science Foundation of China, University of Science and Technology of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 47%
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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