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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 R4\mathbb{R}^4 to R2\mathbb{R}^2. 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 d3d_3 (apart from possibly 9 exceptions) are real algebraic. Our construction shows in particular that the pages of the associated open books are planar.

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@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

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