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Classical invariants of Legendrian knots in the 3-dimensional torus

Geometric Topology 2015-02-27 v3

Abstract

All knots in R3R^3 possess Seifert surfaces, and so the classical Thurston-Bennequin and rotation (or Maslov) invariants for Legendrian knots in a contact structure on R3R^3 can be defined. The definitions extend easily to null-homologous knots in any 33-manifold MM endowed with a contact structure ξ\xi. We generalize the definition of Seifert surfaces and use them to define these invariants for all Legendrian knots, including those that are not null-homologous, in a contact structure on the 33-torus T3T^3. We show how to compute the Thurston-Bennequin and rotation invariants in a tight oriented contact structure on T3T^3 using projections.

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@article{arxiv.1404.7732,
  title  = {Classical invariants of Legendrian knots in the 3-dimensional torus},
  author = {Paul A. Schweitzer SJ and Fábio S. Souza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.7732},
  year   = {2015}
}

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22 pages, 11 figures