English

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

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