The curvature of contact structures on 3-manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2008.8.1567zbMATH Open1146.53025arXiv0802.0950OpenAlexW2101291495MaRDI QIDQ945673FDOQ945673

Authors: Vladimir Krouglov 

Publication date: 17 September 2008

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

Abstract: We study the sectional curvature of plane distributions on 3-manifolds. We show that if the distribution is a contact structure it is easy to manipulate this curvature. As a corollary we obtain that for every transversally oriented contact structure on a closed 3-dimensional manifold $M$ there is a metric, such that the sectional curvature of the contact distribution is equal to -1. We also introduce the notion of Gaussian curvature of the plane distribution. For this notion of curvature we get the similar results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0950

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian curvaturesectional curvature of plane distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of local Riemannian geometry (53B21) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

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