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5-dimensional Bourgeois contact structures are tight

Symplectic Geometry 2019-09-02 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Given a contact structure on a manifold VV together with a supporting open book decomposition, Bourgeois gave an explicit construction for a contact structure on V×T2V \times \mathbb{T}^2. We prove that all such structures are universally tight in dimension 55, independent on whether the original contact manifold is tight or overtwisted.

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@article{arxiv.1903.11866,
  title  = {5-dimensional Bourgeois contact structures are tight},
  author = {Jonathan Bowden and Fabio Gironella and Agustin Moreno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.11866},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

This manuscript is withdrawn, since it has been superseded (and is strictly contained in) the article in arXiv:1908.05749

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