Contact structures on M S^2

DOI10.1007/S00208-013-0963-9zbMATH Open1286.57022arXiv1305.3121OpenAlexW1723632073MaRDI QIDQ2439293FDOQ2439293

Authors: Jonathan Bowden, Diarmuid Crowley, András I. Stipsicz 

Publication date: 14 March 2014

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that if a manifold M admits a contact structure, then so does M imes S^2. Our proof relies on surgery theory, a theorem of Eliashberg on contact surgery and a theorem of Bourgeois showing that if M admits a contact structure then so does M imes T^2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3121

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zbMATH Keywords

symplectic geometrycontact manifoldcontact structuresymplectic topologycontact geometrycontact topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

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