Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Lagrangian Capacity and Chain-Level String Topology

In this talk, I will present an upper bound for the Lagrangian capacity of a Liouville domain with finite Gutt–Hutchings capacities. We prove that the Lagrangian capacity of every convex or concave toric domain, in arbitrary dimension, equals its diagonal. In particular, this settles a conjecture of Cieliebak–Mohnke on the Lagrangian capacity of ellipsoids. I will also discuss a boundary rigidity result for extremal Lagrangians. Our proofs are based on a quantitative $S^1$-equivariant version of the chain-level string topology methods developed by Fukaya and Irie. This is joint work with Yin L

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November 10, 2026 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Add to calendar 11/10/2026 13:00 11/10/2026 14:00 Symplectic Geometry Seminar use-title Topic: Lagrangian Capacity and Chain-Level String Topology Speakers: Shah Faisal, Institute for Advanced Study More: https://www.ias.edu/math/events/symplectic-geometry-seminar-58 In this talk, I will present an upper bound for the Lagrangian capacity of a Liouville domain with finite Gutt–Hutchings capacities. We prove that the Lagrangian capacity of every convex or concave toric domain, in arbitrary dimension, equals its diagonal. In particular, this settles a conjecture of Cieliebak–Mohnke on the Lagrangian capacity of ellipsoids. I will also discuss a boundary rigidity result for extremal Lagrangians. Our proofs are based on a quantitative $S^1$-equivariant version of the chain-level string topology methods developed by Fukaya and Irie. This is joint work with Yin L Simonyi 101 and Remote Access a7a99c3d46944b65a08073518d638c23

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Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

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Shah Faisal, Institute for Advanced Study

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