Connected sums and finite energy foliations. I: Contact connected sums

Abstract: We consider a

3

-manifold

M

equipped with nondegenerate contact form

l a m b d a

and compatible almost complex structure

J

. We show that if the data

(M, l a m b d a, J)

admits a stable finite energy foliation, then for a generic choice of distinct points

p

,

q i n M

, the manifold

M^{'}

formed by taking the connected sum at

p

and

q

admits a nondegenerate contact form

l a m b d a^{'}

and compatible almost complex structure

J^{'}

so that the data

(M^{'}, l a m b d a^{'}, J^{'})

also admits a stable finite energy foliation. Along the way, we develop some general theory for the study of finite energy foliations.

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