Lutz twist and contact surgery
Symplectic Geometry
2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
For any knot T transverse to a given contact structure on a 3-manifold, we exhibit a Legendrian two-component link such that T equals the transverse push-off of one of the link components and contact (+1)-surgery on the link has the same effect as a Lutz twist along T.
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@article{arxiv.math/0401338,
title = {Lutz twist and contact surgery},
author = {Fan Ding and Hansjörg Geiges and András I. Stipsicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401338},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages