Handle moves in contact surgery diagrams
Geometric Topology
2014-02-26 v1 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We describe various handle moves in contact surgery diagrams, notably contact analogues of the Kirby moves. As an application of these handle moves, we discuss the respective classifications of long and loose Legendrian knots.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.3288,
title = {Handle moves in contact surgery diagrams},
author = {Fan Ding and Hansjörg Geiges},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3288},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
20 pages, 26 figures