The equivalence of Heegaard Floer homology and embedded contact homology III: from hat to plus

Abstract

Given a closed oriented 3-manifold M, we establish an isomorphism between the Heegaard Floer homology group HF^+(-M) and the embedded contact homology group ECH(M). Starting from an open book decomposition (S,h) of M, we construct a chain map Φ^+ from a Heegaard Floer chain complex associated to (S,h) to an embedded contact homology chain complex for a contact form supported by (S,h). The chain map Φ^+ commutes up to homotopy with the U-maps defined on both sides and reduces to the quasi-isomorphism Φfrom "The equivalence of Heegaard Floer homology and embedded contact homology I, II" on subcomplexes defining the hat versions. Algebraic considerations then imply that the map Φ^+ is a quasi-isomorphism.

32 pages, 3 figures. Second version: Notation and references updated to match Part I and II