Tightness is preserved by Legendrian surgery

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2015.182.2.8zbMATH Open1364.57022arXiv1404.1705OpenAlexW2963982994MaRDI QIDQ499093FDOQ499093

Authors: Andy Wand 

Publication date: 29 September 2015

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper describes a characterization of tightness of closed contact 3-manifolds in terms of supporting open book decompositions. The main result is that tightness of a closed contact 3-manifold is preserved under Legendrian surgery.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.1705

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zbMATH Keywords

contact structurestightnessLegendrian surgeryStein cobordism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

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