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Legendrian theta-graphs

Geometric Topology 2016-01-20 v2

Abstract

In this article we give necessary and sufficient conditions for two triples of integers to be realized as the Thurston-Bennequin number and the rotation number of a Legendrian theta-graph with all cycles unknotted. We show that these invariants are not enough to determine the Legendrian class of a topologically planar theta-graph. We define the transverse push-off of a Legendrian graph and we determine its self linking number for Legendrian theta-graphs. In the case of topologically planar theta-graphs, we prove that the topological type of the transverse push-off is that of a pretzel link.

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@article{arxiv.1303.2128,
  title  = {Legendrian theta-graphs},
  author = {Danielle O'Donnol and Elena Pavelescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2128},
  year   = {2016}
}

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19 pages, 17 figures

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