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On contact tops and integrable tops

Differential Geometry 2007-06-22 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a geometric structure called top, which is a trivialized bundle of plane pencils over a Riemannian 3-manifold, defined as the set of kernels of a circle of 1-forms (e.g. of contact and integrable forms) with particular properties with respect to the metric. We classify the manifolds which admit tops and we describe the associated metrics.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3158,
  title  = {On contact tops and integrable tops},
  author = {Mathias Zessin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3158},
  year   = {2007}
}
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