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Knots and Contact Geometry II: Connected Sums

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study the behavior of Legendrian and transverse knots under the operation of connected sums. As a consequence we show that there exist Legendrian knots that are not distinguished by any known invariant. Moreover, we classify Legendrian knots in some non-Legendrian simple knot types.

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@article{arxiv.math/0205310,
  title  = {Knots and Contact Geometry II: Connected Sums},
  author = {John B. Etnyre and Ko Honda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0205310},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures

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