Tight contact structures without symplectic fillings are everywhere

arXiv2211.03680MaRDI QIDQ6508142FDOQ6508142

Jonathan Bowden, Zhengyi Zhou, Fabio Gironella, Agustin Moreno

Abstract: For any $ngeq2$, we prove that $mathbb{S}^{2n+1}$ admits a tight non-fillable contact structure that is homotopically standard. By taking connected sums we deduce that, for $ngeq2$, any $(2n+1)$-dimensional manifold that admits a strongly fillable contact structure with torsion first Chern class, also admits a tight but not strongly fillable contact structure, in the same almost contact class. We also obtain infinitely many tight but not strongly fillable structures on Weinstein fillable contact manifolds of dimension at least $11$. For $ngeq3$, we further construct infinitely many Liouville but not Weinstein fillable contact structures on $mathbb{S}^{2n+1}$ that are homotopically standard. Similarly, for $ngeq3$, we deduce that any $(2n+1)$-manifold that admits an almost Weinstein fillable contact structure with torsion first Chern class, also admits infinitely many Liouville fillable contact structures that are not Weinstein fillable, in the same almost contact class.

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