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Existence Of Contact Structure

General Mathematics 2013-11-01 v4

Abstract

Let (Σ,ξ,ω)(\Sigma ,\xi ',\omega) be a close almost contact (2n1)(2n-1)-manifold. Then, by McDuff's theorem, we prove that ξ\xi ' is homotopic to a contact structure ξ\xi . This answers a question proposed by Chern.

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@article{arxiv.1307.7693,
  title  = {Existence Of Contact Structure},
  author = {Renyi Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7693},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to there exists a gap in the proof

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