On symplectic manifolds with some contact properties (Q1173925)
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On symplectic manifolds with some contact properties (English)
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25 June 1992
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The author proves that a symplectic manifold bounded by the standard contact sphere is, under some additional hypotheses, a ball. This gives a tool for the recognition of nonstandard structures on spheres. It is shown that exotic contact structures on spheres of dimension \(>3\) do exist.
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symplectic manifold
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contact sphere
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exotic contact structures
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