2021/05/12 by Daniel Álvarez‐Gavela, Alvarez-Gavela, Daniel, David Darrow +1
Mathematics · #53D05 #53D10 #53D35 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Geometry and complex manifolds #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2105.05843
openalex publication_date 2021/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
For each positive integer n, we give a geometric description of the stably trivial elements of the group πn Un/On. In particular, we show that all such elements admit representatives whose tangencies with respect to a fixed Lagrangian plane consist only of folds. By the h-principle for the simplification of caustics, this has the following consequence: if a Lagrangian distribution is stably trivial from the viewpoint of a Lagrangian homotopy sphere, then by an ambient Hamiltonian isotopy one may deform the Lagrangian homotopy sphere so that its tangencies with respect to the Lagrangian distribution are only of fold type. Thus the stable triviality of the Lagrangian distribution, which is a necessary condition for the simplification of caustics to be possible, is also sufficient. We give applications of this result to the arborealization program and to the study of nearby Lagrangian homotopy spheres.