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Relative H-Principle and Contact Geometry

Geometric Topology 2025-03-12 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We show that if F(M)F(M) is some space of holonomic solutions with space of formal solutions Ff(M)F^f(M) that satisfies a certain relative hh-principle, then the non-relative map F(M)Ff(M)F(M) \to F^f(M) admits a section up to homotopy. We apply this to the relative hh-principle for overtwisted contact structures proved by Borman-Eliashberg-Murphy to find infinite cyclic subgroups in the homotopy groups of the contactomorphism group of MM.

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@article{arxiv.2210.03185,
  title  = {Relative H-Principle and Contact Geometry},
  author = {Jacob Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.03185},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages

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