Contact structures on plumbed 3-manifolds

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Publication:2017068

DOI10.1215/21562261-2642395zbMATH Open1300.57026arXiv0910.3965OpenAlexW2095576017MaRDI QIDQ2017068FDOQ2017068

Çağrı Karakurt

Publication date: 25 June 2014

Published in: Kyoto Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we show that the Ozsv'ath-Szab'o contact invariant c+(xi)inHF+(Y) of a contact 3-manifold (Y,xi) can be calculated combinatorially if Y is the boundary of a certain type of plumbing X, and xi is induced by a Stein structure on X. Our technique uses an algorithm of Ozsv'ath and Szab'o to determine the Heegaard-Floer homology of such 3-manifolds. We discuss two important applications of this technique in contact topology. First, we show that it simplifies the calculation of the Ozsv'ath-Stipsicz-Szab'o obstruction to admitting a planar open book. Then we define a numerical invariant of contact manifolds that respects a partial ordering induced by Stein cobordisms. We do a sample calculation showing that the invariant can get infinitely many distinct values.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.3965





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