Legendrian links of topological unknots
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v2 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We use an estimate on the Thurston--Bennequin invariant of a Legendrian link in terms of its Kauffman-polynomial to show that links of topological unknots, e.g. the Borromean rings or the Whithead link, may not be represented by Legendrian links of Legendrian unknots.
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@article{arxiv.math/9810171,
title = {Legendrian links of topological unknots},
author = {Klaus Mohnke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9810171},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, Latex2e, epsfig.tex A mistake in the references is corrected. Minor changes in order to avoid possible difficulties with the DVI-file are done