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In the following two sections we will show that also the lower two squares commute. By Theorem<br />
3.11, the composition of the two lower arrows is the pair-of-pants product. We conclude that the<br />
pair-of-pants product corresponds to the loop product.<br />
Again, the commutativity of the two lower squares will be seen at the chain level, by proving<br />
that the two squares below<br />
� �<br />
M(ËΛ<br />
L ,g1)⊗M(ËΛ<br />
1 L ,g2)<br />
2 k<br />
Φ Λ L 1 ⊗Φ Λ L 2<br />
� F Λ (H1,J)⊗HF Λ (H2,J)<br />
commute up to chain homotopies.<br />
��<br />
�<br />
k<br />
M!<br />
E<br />
��<br />
Mk−n(ËΘ<br />
L 1 ⊕L 2 ,g Θ )<br />
��<br />
Φ<br />
��<br />
Θ L1⊕L2 F Θ<br />
k−n (H1⊕H2,J)<br />
4.4 The left-hand square is homotopy commutative<br />
MΓ<br />
G<br />
��<br />
Mk−n(S Λ<br />
L 1 #L 2 ,g Λ )<br />
��<br />
Φ<br />
��<br />
Λ L1 #L2 F Λ<br />
k−n (H1#H2,J)<br />
In this section we show that the chain maps ΦΘ L1⊕L2 ◦ M! and E ◦ (ΦΛ L1 ⊗ ΦΛ ) are homotopic. We<br />
L2<br />
start by constructing a one-parameter family of chain maps<br />
K Λ α : � M(ËΛ<br />
, g1) ⊗ M(ËΛ<br />
, g2) L1 L2 �<br />
∗ −→ F Θ ∗−n (H1 ⊕ H2, J1 ⊕ J2),<br />
where α is a non-negative number. The definition of KΛ α is based on the solution spaces of the<br />
consisting of a half-cylinder with a slit. More precisely,<br />
Floer equation on the Riemann surface ΣK α<br />
when α is positive ΣK α is the quotient of [0, +∞[×[0, 1] modulo the identifications<br />
(s, 0) ∼ (s, 1) ∀s ∈ [0, α].<br />
with the holomorphic coordinate at (α, 0) ∼ (α, 1) obtained from (43) by a translation by α.<br />
When α = 0, Σ K α = Σ K 0 is just the half-strip [0, +∞[×[0, 1]. Fix γ1 ∈ P Λ (L1), γ2 ∈ P Λ (L2),<br />
and x ∈ P Θ (H1 ⊕ H2). Let M K α (γ1, γ2; x) be the space of solutions u ∈ C ∞ (Σ K α , T ∗ M 2 ) of the<br />
equation<br />
satisfying the boundary conditions<br />
∂H1⊕H2,J(u) = 0,<br />
(53)<br />
π ◦ u(0, ·) ∈ W u (γ1; −grad g1ËΛ L1 ) × W u (γ2; −grad g2ËΛ L2 ), (54)<br />
(u(s, 0), −u(s, 1)) ∈ N ∗ ∆ Θ M , ∀s ≥ α, (55)<br />
lim u(s, ·) = x.<br />
s→+∞<br />
(56)<br />
Let us fix some α0 ≥ 0. The following result is proved in section 5.10:<br />
4.5. Proposition. For a generic choice of g1, g2, H1, and H2, M K α0 (γ1, γ2; x) - if non-empty -<br />
is a smooth manifold of dimension<br />
dimM K α0 (γ1, γ2; x) = m Λ (γ1; L1) + m Λ (γ2; L2) − µ Θ (x) − n.<br />
These manifolds carry coherent orientations.<br />
Compactness is again a consequence of the energy estimate<br />
�<br />
|∂su(s, t)| 2 dsdt ≤ËL1(γ1) +ËL2(γ2) −�H1⊕H2(x), (57)<br />
]0,+∞[×]0,1[<br />
implied by (49). When m Λ (γ1; L1) + m Λ (γ2; L2) = k and µ Θ (x; H1 ⊕ H2) = k − n, the space<br />
M K α0 (γ1, γ2; x) is a compact zero-dimensional oriented manifold. The usual counting process defines<br />
the homomorphism<br />
K Λ α0 : � M(ËΛ L1 , g1) ⊗ M(ËΛ L2 , g2) �<br />
k → F Θ k−n (H1 ⊕ H2, J),<br />
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