Braiding Knots in Contact 3-Manifolds
Geometric Topology
2015-03-13 v2
Abstract
We show that a transverse link in a contact structure supported by an open book decomposition can be transversely braided. We also generalize Markov's theorem on when the closures of two braids represent (transversely) isotopic links.
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@article{arxiv.0902.3715,
title = {Braiding Knots in Contact 3-Manifolds},
author = {Elena Pavelescu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3715},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
11 pages, 7 figures