2015/08/31 by John Pardon · 1 citation
Mathematics · #math.SG #msc:53D42 #msc:57R17 #msc:53D40 #msc:53D35
paper · pdf · doi:10.1090/jams/924
published as J. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (2019), 825-919 · Final version to appear in JAMS, 102 pages, 10 figures
arxiv created 2019/03/08 · arxiv updated 2020/01/27
We give a construction of contact homology in the sense of Eliashberg--Givental--Hofer. Specifically, we construct coherent virtual fundamental cycles on the relevant compactified moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic curves.