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On invariants for Legendrian knots

Symplectic Geometry 2008-12-30 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Suppose that L is a null--homologous Legendrian knot in a contact 3--manifold. We determine the connection between the sutured invariant of the complement of L and the Legendrian invariant defined by Lisca, Ozsvath, Stipsicz and Szabo. In particular, we derive a vanishing theorem for the Legendrian invariant in the presence of Giroux torsion in the complement of the knot, and reprove several known properties of the Legendrian invariant from this perspective.

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@article{arxiv.0806.1436,
  title  = {On invariants for Legendrian knots},
  author = {Andras I. Stipsicz and Vera Vertesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1436},
  year   = {2008}
}

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19 pages, 11 figures

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