The Cohomological Meaning of Maslov’s Lagrangian Path Intersection Index

  • M. De Gosson
  • S. De Gosson
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Part of the Mathematical Physics Studies book series (MPST, volume 24)

Abstract

We study the relation between the complete Maslov index defined by Leray and the author, and the Lagrangian path intersection index defined by Robbin and Salamon, and used by McDuff and Salamon in their study of symplectic topology.

Keywords

Symplectic Form Homotopy Class Intersection Index Maslov Index Symplectic Space 
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