Real algebraic overtwisted contact structures on 3-spheres
Geometric Topology
2025-07-02 v1
Abstract
A real algebraic link in the 3-sphere is defined as the zero locus in the 3-sphere of a real algebraic function from to . A real algebraic open book decomposition on the 3-sphere is by definition the Milnor fibration of such a real algebraic function, in case it exists. We prove that every overtwisted contact structure on the 3-sphere with positive three dimensonal invariant (apart from possibly 9 exceptions) are real algebraic. Our construction shows in particular that the pages of the associated open books are planar.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2205.13305,
title = {Real algebraic overtwisted contact structures on 3-spheres},
author = {Şeyma Karadereli and Ferit Öztürk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.13305},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
29 pages (inc. 10-page Appendix), 7 figures