Fractional Dehn twists in knot theory and contact topology

DOI10.2140/agt.2013.13.3603zbMath1278.57025arXiv1201.5290OpenAlexW3102187280MaRDI QIDQ373650

Rachel Roberts, William H. Kazez

Publication date: 18 October 2013

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5290

zbMATH Keywords

contact structureovertwistedopen book decompositionfibred linkfractional Dehn twistsurface automorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

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