A characterisation of the tight three-sphere

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-95-08111-3zbMath0861.57026MaRDI QIDQ1913580

Krzysztof Wysocki, Helmut Hofer

Publication date: 12 May 1997

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

contact structuretightMaslov index3-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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