Right-veering diffeomorphisms of compact surfaces with boundary I
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We initiate the study of the monoid of right-veering diffeomorphisms on a compact oriented surface with nonempty boundary. The monoid strictly contains the monoid of products of positive Dehn twists. We explain the relationship to tight contact structures and open book decompositions.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0510639,
title = {Right-veering diffeomorphisms of compact surfaces with boundary I},
author = {Ko Honda and William H. Kazez and Gordana Matic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0510639},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
19 pages, 7 figures