Neighbourhoods and isotopies of knots in contact 3-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S00013-011-0300-ZzbMATH Open1232.53065arXiv1012.1721OpenAlexW2126426737MaRDI QIDQ651393FDOQ651393

Authors: Fan Ding, Hansjörg Geiges 

Publication date: 13 December 2011

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove a neighbourhood theorem for arbitrary knots in contact 3-manifolds. As an application we show that two topologically isotopic Legendrian knots in a contact 3-manifold become Legendrian isotopic after suitable stabilisations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.1721

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zbMATH Keywords

isotopyLegendrian knotcontact manifoldLegendrian stabilisation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

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