Computation of the Bennequin invariant of a Legendre curve from the geometry of its wave front (Q757925)

For the following contact manifolds \(M_ 1\simeq S^ 1\times R^ 2\)- the manifold of nonorientable contact elements, \(M_ n\simeq S^ 1\times R^ 2\)- its n-sheet covering, and \(M_{\infty}\simeq R^ 3\)- the universal covering of \(M_ 1\), the Bennequin invariant (i.e. for the curve \(\gamma\) the linking coefficient of \(\gamma\) and the curve obtained by small shift of \(\gamma\) along transversals to \(\gamma\) in contact planes) is calculated.