The plastikstufe -- a generalization of the overtwisted disk to higher dimensions

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.2473zbMATH Open1129.53056arXivmath/0607610OpenAlexW2087539487MaRDI QIDQ863107FDOQ863107

Authors: Klaus Niederkrüger 

Publication date: 25 January 2007

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we give a first prototype-definition of overtwistedness in higher dimensions. According to this definition, a contact manifold is called "overtwisted" if it contains a "plastikstufe", a submanifold foliated by the contact structure in a certain way. In three dimensions the definition of the plastikstufe is identical to the one of the overtwisted disk. The main justification for this definition lies in the fact that the existence of a plastikstufe implies that the contact manifold does not have a (semipositive) symplectic filling.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607610

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zbMATH Keywords

generalization of overtwistednessnonfillable contact manifolds of higher dimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

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