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A bound for rational Thurston-Bennequin invariants

Geometric Topology 2017-08-14 v2 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a rational τ\tau invariant for rationally null-homologous knots in contact 3-manifolds with nontrivial Ozsv\'{a}th-Szab\'{o} contact invariants. Such an invariant is an upper bound for the sum of rational Thurston-Bennequin invariant and the rational rotation number of the Legendrian representatives of the knot. In the special case of Floer simple knots in L-spaces, we can compute the rational τ\tau invariants by correction terms.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09440,
  title  = {A bound for rational Thurston-Bennequin invariants},
  author = {Youlin Li and Zhongtao Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09440},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages, 2 figures

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