Invariants of Knots, Embeddings and Immersions via Contact Geometry
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
This paper is an overview of the idea of using contact geometry to construct invariants of immersions and embeddings. In particular, it discusses how to associate a contact manifold to any manifold and a Legendrian submanifold to an embedding or immersion. We then discuss recent work that creates invariants of immersions and embeddings using the Legendrian contact homology of the associated Legendrian submanifold.
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@article{arxiv.math/0412517,
title = {Invariants of Knots, Embeddings and Immersions via Contact Geometry},
author = {Tobias Ekholm and John B. Etnyre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412517},
year = {2007}
}
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20 pages; 14 figures