The Viterbo-Maslov Index in Dimension Two
arXiv:1205.0535
Abstract
We prove a formula that expresses the Viterbo-Maslov index of a smooth strip in an oriented 2-manifold with boundary curves contained in 1-dimensional submanifolds in terms the degree function on the complement of the union of the two submanifolds.
arXiv comment35 pages, 8 figures