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A note on the support norm of a contact structure

Geometric Topology 2009-10-28 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In this note we observe that the no two of the three invariants defined for contact structures by Etnyre and Ozbagci -- that is, the support genus, binding number and support norm -- determine the third.

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@article{arxiv.0910.5021,
  title  = {A note on the support norm of a contact structure},
  author = {John A. Baldwin and John B. Etnyre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5021},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures