Tight contact structures via dynamics

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05377-0MaRDI QIDQ4268929zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John B. Etnyre, Robert Ghrist

Publication date 28 October 1999

Published in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9812061

zbMATH Keywords

branched coveringDehn surgeryReeb flowtight contact structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

Abstract: We consider the problem of realizing tight contact structures on closed orientable three-manifolds. By applying the theorems of Hofer et al., one may deduce tightness from dynamical properties of (Reeb) flows transverse to the contact structure. We detail how two classical constructions, Dehn surgery and branched covering, may be performed on dynamically-constrained links in such a way as to preserve a transverse tight contact structure.

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