COMBED 3-MANIFOLDS WITH CONCAVE BOUNDARY, FRAMED LINKS, AND PSEUDO-LEGENDRIAN LINKS

DOI10.1142/S0218216501000706zbMATH Open1004.57011arXivmath/0001162OpenAlexW2122767744WikidataQ130116313 ScholiaQ130116313MaRDI QIDQ4540995FDOQ4540995

Authors: R. Benedetti, Carlo Petronio 

Publication date: 30 July 2002

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide combinatorial realizations, according to the usual objects/moves scheme, of the following three topological categories: (1) pairs (M,v) where M is a 3-manifold (up to diffeomorphism) and v is a (non-singular vector) field, up to homotopy; here possibly the boundary of M is non-empty and v may be tangent to the boundary, but only in a concave fashion, and homotopy should preserve tangency type; (2) framed links L in M, up to framed isotopy; (3) triples (M,v,L), with (M,v) as above and L transversal to v, up to pseudo-Legendrian isotopy (transversality-preserving simultaneous homotopy of v and isotopy of L). All realizations are based on the notion of branched standard spine, and build on results previously obtained. Links are encoded by means of diagrams on branched spines, where the diagram is smooth with respect to the branching. Several motivations for being interested in combinatorial realizations of the topological categories considered in this paper are given in the introduction. The encoding of links is suitable for the comparison of the framed and the pseudo-Legendrian categories, and some applications are given in connection with contact structures, torsion and finite-order invariants. An estension of Trace's notion of winding number of a knot diagram is introduced and discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0001162

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zbMATH Keywords

Legendrian knotswinding numberbranched spines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

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