What is a monotone Lagrangian cobordism?

We explain the notion of Lagrangian cobordism. A flexibility/rigidity dichotomy is illustrated by considering Lagrangian tori in ${ℂ}^2$. Towards the end, we present a recent construction by Cornea and the author [8], of monotone cobordisms that are not trivial in a suitable sense.

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