Horizontal loops in Engel space
Geometric Topology
2008-09-29 v1 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
A simple proof is given of the following result first observed by J. Adachi: embedded circles tangent to the standard Engel structure on Euclidean 4-space are classified, up to isotopy via such embeddings, by their rotation number.
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@article{arxiv.0801.0049,
title = {Horizontal loops in Engel space},
author = {Hansjörg Geiges},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0049},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages