English

Exactly fillable contact structures without Stein fillings

Geometric Topology 2014-10-01 v3 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We give examples of contact structures which admit exact symplectic fillings, but no Stein fillings, answering a question of Ghiggini.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1201.6550,
  title  = {Exactly fillable contact structures without Stein fillings},
  author = {Jonathan Bowden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6550},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

6 pages; Erroneous Lemma 2.7 removed and Section 2 shortened significantly; updated references and other minor edits (to appear in Algebr. Geom. Topol.)

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