Studying uniform thickness. I: Legendrian simple iterated torus knots

DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.891zbMATH Open1202.57009arXiv0905.2760OpenAlexW1965351430MaRDI QIDQ969671FDOQ969671

Authors: Douglas J. Lafountain 

Publication date: 7 May 2010

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

Abstract: We prove that the class of topological knot types that are both Legendrian simple and satisfy the uniform thickness property (UTP) is closed under cabling. An immediate application is that all iterated cabling knot types that begin with negative torus knots are Legendrian simple. We also examine, for arbitrary numbers of iterations, iterated cablings that begin with positive torus knots, and establish the Legendrian simplicity of large classes of these knot types, many of which also satisfy the UTP. In so doing we obtain new necessary conditions for both the failure of the UTP and Legendrian non-simplicity in the class of iterated torus knots, including specific conditions on knot types.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2760

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zbMATH Keywords

torus knotsLegendrian knotsconvex surfacesuniform thickness property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17)

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