Tight contact structures and taut foliations

DOI10.2140/GT.2000.4.219zbMATH Open0961.57009arXivmath/0010138OpenAlexW2004732566MaRDI QIDQ1583636FDOQ1583636

Authors: Ko Honda, William H. Kazez, Gordana Matić 

Publication date: 30 November 2000

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

Abstract: We show the equivalence of several notions in the theory of taut foliations and the theory of tight contact structures. We prove equivalence, in certain cases, of existence of tight contact structures and taut foliations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0010138

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zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldfoliationcontact structureHakentauttightsuture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

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