A unique decomposition theorem for tight contact 3-manifolds
Symplectic Geometry
2008-01-28 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
It has been shown by V. Colin that every tight contact 3-manifold can be written as a connected sum of prime manifolds. Here we prove that the summands in this decomposition are unique up to order and contactomorphism.
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@article{arxiv.math/0610284,
title = {A unique decomposition theorem for tight contact 3-manifolds},
author = {Fan Ding and Hansjörg Geiges},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610284},
year = {2008}
}