The existence of a transverse universal knot
Geometric Topology
2022-11-02 v3
Abstract
We prove that there is a knot transverse to , the tight contact structure of , such that every contact 3-manifold can be obtained as a contact covering branched along . By contact covering we mean a map branched along such that is contact isotopic to the lifting of under .
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@article{arxiv.2001.03663,
title = {The existence of a transverse universal knot},
author = {Jesús Rodríguez-Viorato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03663},
year = {2022}
}
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36 pages, 22 figures To appear on Algebraic and Geometric Topology