On the support genus of a contact structure

zbMATH Open1183.57018arXiv0704.1670MaRDI QIDQ5850867FDOQ5850867

Authors: M. Firat Arikan 

Publication date: 20 January 2010

Abstract: The algorithm given by Akbulut-Ozbagci constructs an explicit open book decomposition on a contact three-manifold described by a contact surgery on a link in the three-sphere. In this article, we will improve this algorithm by using Giroux's contact cell decomposition process. Our algorithm is more economical on choosing the supporting genus of the open book; in particular it gives a good upper bound for the recently defined ``minimal supporting genus invariant of contact structures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1670

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zbMATH Keywords

contact structuresupport genuscontact cell decomposition

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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