English

Classification of invariant tight contact structures on the 3-space, -ball and -sphere

Geometric Topology 2026-01-21 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We prove some classification results for tight contact structure in the 3-space, -ball and -sphere that are invariant with respect to some arbitrary involution, that is conjugated to the standard rotation around the x-axis. Unlike the classical scenario, a new integral torsion appears, dictating a splitting between equivalence classes. These tools could be useful fur future classification results regarding strongly invertible Legendrian knots.

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@article{arxiv.2601.14040,
  title  = {Classification of invariant tight contact structures on the 3-space, -ball and -sphere},
  author = {Mirko Torresani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.14040},
  year   = {2026}
}