On the existence of supporting broken book decompositions for contact forms in dimension 3 (Q2689329)

Four important theorems on the existence of so-called supporting broken book decompositions for contact forms in a closed 3-manifold are presented. Theorem 1. On a closed 3-manifold, there is an open $C^1$-neighbourhood of the set of nondegenerate Reeb vector fields such that every Reeb vector field in this neighbourhood is $\partial$-strongly carried by a broken book decomposition. Theorem 2. If $M$ is a closed oriented 3-manifold that is not the sphere or a lens space, then there is an open $C^1$-neighbourhood of the set of nondegenerate Reeb vector fields on $M$ such that every Reeb vector field in this neighbourhood has infinitely many simple periodic orbits. In the case of the sphere or a lens space, there is an open $C^1$-neighbourhood of the set of nondegenerate Reeb vector fields such that every Reeb vector field in this neighbourhood has either two or infinitely many periodic orbits. Theorem 3. If $M$ is a closed oriented 3-manifold that is not a graph manifold, then there is an open $C^1$-neighbourhood of the set of nondegenerate Reeb vector fields on $M$ such that every Reeb vector field in this neighbourhood has positive topological entropy. Theorem 4. If $M$ is a closed oriented 3-manifold, there is an open $C^1$-neighbourhood of the set of strongly nondegenerate Reeb vector fields on $M$ without homoclinic orbits such that every Reeb vector field in this neighbourhood is carried by a rational open book decomposition, or, equivalently has a Birkhoff section.