Maximal Thurston-Bennequin number of +adequate links
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
The class of +adequate links contains both alternating and positive links. Generalizing results of Tanaka (for the positive case) and Ng (for the alternating case), we construct fronts of an arbitrary +adequate link A so that the diagram has a ruling, therefore its Thurston-Bennequin number is maximal among Legendrian representatives of A. We derive consequences for the Kauffman polynomial and Khovanov homology of +adequate links.
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@article{arxiv.math/0610659,
title = {Maximal Thurston-Bennequin number of +adequate links},
author = {Tamás Kálmán},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610659},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages