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Factorizations in SL(2,Z) and simple examples of inequivalent Stein fillings

Symplectic Geometry 2015-08-21 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We give simple examples of elements of SL(2,Z) admitting inequivalent factorizations into products of Dehn twists. This can be interpreted in terms of inequivalent Stein fillings of a same contact 3-manifold by genus 1 Lefschetz fibrations over the disk.

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@article{arxiv.1311.0847,
  title  = {Factorizations in SL(2,Z) and simple examples of inequivalent Stein fillings},
  author = {Denis Auroux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.0847},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages; v2: clarifications and additional references; to appear in J. Symplectic Geometry