The role of string topology in symplectic field theory

Abstract

We outline a program for incorporating holomorphic curves with Lagrangian boundary conditions into symplectic field theory, with an emphasis on ideas, geometric intuition, and a description of the resulting algebraic structures.

arXiv comment40 pages, 19 figures, last section changed into a joint appendix with K. Mohnke

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