Paper introduces a new invariant for knots in contact 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding rational Thurston-Bennequin invariants for knots.
method Introduces a rational τ invariant for rationally null-homologous knots.
result Provides an upper bound for the sum of rational Thurston-Bennequin invariant and rational rotation number.
The study of symplectic fillings for rational cuspidal curves.
problem Understanding symplectic fillings of contact manifolds associated with rational cuspidal curves.
method Exploration through Stein handlebodies and rational blow-downs.
result Examples of contact manifolds that are links of normal surface singularities, and those that do not admit symplectic fillings.
The abstract discusses classification theorems for complex contact manifolds and their geometric properties.
problem Classifying complex contact manifolds and understanding their geometric properties.
method Analyzing contact lines and varieties of minimal rational tangents.
result Partial classification theorems for projective complex contact manifolds.
Heegaard Floer invariants preserved under certain contact surgeries.
problem Preserving Heegaard Floer invariants under positive rational contact surgery.
method Contact surgery, reducible open book surgery, capping-off construction.
result Heegaard Floer invariants are mapped to contact invariants after surgery.
New theorem allows transverse links to be braided with rational book structure.
problem Transverse isotopy of links in contact 3-manifolds.
method Generalization of Pavelescu's argument for rational open book decomposition.
result Every transverse link can be isotoped to a braid with rational open book.
Study shows Seifert fibered spaces don't bound rational homology balls.
problem Understanding when Seifert fibered spaces bound rational homology balls.
method Analyzes Seifert fibered spaces with different conditions and orientations.
result Characterizes conditions for Seifert fibered spaces to bound rational homology balls.
Study contact structures on specific manifolds, proving infinite non-isotopic structures and tight/overtwisted classifications.
problem Classifying contact structures with specific contact surgery numbers on Brieskorn spheres and lens spaces.
method Algorithm for computing Euler class from rational contact surgery, Legendrian knot classification, and analysis of contact structures.
result Infinitely many non-isotopic contact structures on Brieskorn spheres and lens spaces cannot be obtained by a single rational contact surgery.
The paper defines and studies contact surgery numbers for contact 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding the minimal number of components of a surgery link describing a contact 3-manifold.
method Defined and studied various versions of contact surgery numbers, relating them to other invariants and computing specific cases.
result There exist infinitely many non-isotopic contact structures on certain manifolds that cannot be obtained by a single rational contact surgery from the standard tight contact 3-sphere.
Study finds infinite family of hyperbolic 3-spheres without fillable contact structures.
problem Identifying hyperbolic rational homology 3-spheres without fillable contact structures.
method Exhibited an infinite family of manifolds through explicit construction.
result Most of the manifolds in the family admit tight contact structures, but not fillable ones.
New surgeries on knots preserve contact structures.
problem Understanding how surgeries on Legendrian knots affect their contact structures.
method Analyzing surgeries on specific types of knots (twist and two-bridge knots) and proving distinct contact structures for certain surgeries.
result Negative rational surgeries on certain Legendrian knots yield distinct contact 3-manifolds.
Loose Legendrian knots in rational homology spheres are Legendrian isotopic if they have the same classical invariants.
problem Classifying loose Legendrian knots in rational homology spheres.
method Combining Dymara's result on loose Legendrian knots and Eliashberg's classification of overtwisted contact structures.
result Loose Legendrian knots in rational homology spheres are Legendrian isotopic if and only if they have the same classical invariants.
The paper characterizes symplectic fillings of Seifert 3-manifolds using rational blowdowns.
problem Understanding symplectic fillings of Seifert 3-manifolds.
method Rational blowdown surgery and minimal symplectic fillings.
result A necessary and sufficient condition for minimal symplectic fillings to be obtained by rational blowdowns.
An important class of contact 3--manifolds are those that arise as links of rational surface singularities with reduced fundamental cycle. We explicitly describe symplectic caps (concave fillings) of such contact 3--manifolds. As an application, we present a new obstruction for such singularities to admit rational homo…
New method constructs small symplectic 4-manifolds via contact gluing.
problem Constructing small symplectic 4-manifolds.
method Contact gluing technique.
result Upper bounds for self-intersection of rational unicuspidal curves.
By recent results of Baker--Etnyre--Van Horn-Morris, a rational open book decomposition defines a compatible contact structure. We show that the Heegaard Floer contact invariant of such a contact structure can be computed in terms of the knot Floer homology of its (rationally null-homologous) binding. We then use this …
Lower bounds on rational slice genus using Heegaard Floer invariants.
problem Measuring complexity of homology classes in 4-manifolds.
method Introducing rational slice genus, bounding Heegaard Floer τ invariants, using satellite links and closed braids.
result Lower bounds on rational slice genus in terms of Heegaard Floer τ invariants.
Let X be a complex-projective contact manifold whose second Betti-number is one. It has long been conjectured that X should then be rational-homogeneous, or equivalently, that there exists an embedding of X into a projective space whose image contains lines. Using methods introduced in math.AG/0206193, we show that X i…
Study on contact structures of singularity links and existence of Stein cobordisms.
problem Existence problem of Stein cobordisms between contact structures of singularity links.
method Construction of explicit Stein cobordism and detection of contact Ozsvath-Szabo invariants.
result U-filtration depth obstructs the existence of Stein cobordism from proper almost rational to rational singularity.
We describe Milnor open books and Legendrian surgery diagrams for canonical contact structures of links of some rational surface singularities. We also describe an infinite family of Milnor fillable contact 3-manifolds so that the Milnor genus (resp. Milnor norm) is strictly greater than the support genus (resp. suppor…
Study finds lowest-degree invariant PDEs over rational contact manifolds.
problem Finding the simplest invariant PDEs over rational contact manifolds.
method Analyzes simple Lie algebras to find lowest-degree invariant second-order PDEs.
result Provides explicit formulas and proves uniqueness for specific types of Lie algebras.
We construct an open book decomposition compatible with a contact structure given by a rational contact surgery on a Legendrian link in the standard contact S3. As an application we show that some rational contact surgeries on certain Legendrian knots induce overtwisted contact structures.
The paper examines conditions for contact surgeries on rational homology 3-spheres.
problem Conditions for contact surgeries on rational homology 3-spheres.
method Analyzes sufficient conditions for contact surgeries using Legendrian knots and links.
result Provides sufficient conditions for surgeries to have vanishing contact invariants or to be overtwisted.
Study contact structures on lens spaces, classifying rational knots.
problem Classify rational knots in lens spaces.
method One-parametric convex surface theory to classify Legendrian and transverse rational unknots.
result Determine the contact mapping class group of lens spaces.
The paper classifies minimal symplectic fillings of small Seifert 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying minimal symplectic fillings of small Seifert 3-manifolds.
method Using rational blowdowns and weighted homogeneous complex surface singularities.
result Every minimal symplectic filling of small Seifert 3-manifolds is obtained by a sequence of rational blowdowns.
Let S^3_r(K) be the oriented 3--manifold obtained by rational r-surgery on a knot K in S^3. Using the contact Ozsvath-Szabo invariants we prove, for a class of knots K containing all the algebraic knots, that S^3_r(K) carries positive, tight contact structures for every r not= 2g_s(K)-1, where g_s(K) is the slice genus…
New construction shows VMRTs of unbendable curves can be Legendrian.
problem Characterize VMRTs of unbendable rational curves under contact structures.
method Used geometry of contact lines and symplectic geometry of distributions.
result VMRTs of Legendrian submanifolds can be realized.
New Stein fillings found for non-weighted homogeneous singularities.
problem Finding Stein fillings for certain non-weighted homogeneous singularities.
method Using spinal open books and nearly Lefschetz fibrations.
result Stein rational homology disk fillings for non-weighted homogeneous singularities.
This paper is concerned with the rational symplectic field theory in the Floer case. For this observe that in the general geometric setup for symplectic field theory the contact manifolds can be replaced by mapping tori of symplectic manifolds with symplectomorphisms. While the cylindrical contact homology is given by …
Let Y(r) be the closed, oriented three-manifold obtained by performing rational r-surgery on the right-handed trefoil knot in the three-sphere. Using contact surgery and the Heegaard Floer contact invariants we construct positive, tight contact structures on Y(r) for every r not equal to 1. This implies, in particular,…
Defines contact surgery distance and shows it's bounded by topological surgery distance by 5.
problem Comparing contact structures on 3-manifolds.
method Defining contact surgery distance and proving upper bound on its value.
result Contact surgery distance is at most 5 larger than topological surgery distance.
New formulas compute Thurston-Bennequin invariant for knots in 3-manifolds.
problem Computing the Thurston-Bennequin invariant for knots in 3-manifolds.
method Explicit formulas and algorithms for nullhomologous and rationally nullhomologous knots.
result Explicit formulas and algorithms for computing the invariant.
The paper classifies and studies symplectic and contact properties of circular spherical divisors.
problem Investigating symplectic and contact topology of circular spherical divisors.
method Classification and analysis of concave circular spherical divisors, including embedding, Stein fillability, and rational homology type determination.
result All concave circular spherical divisors up to toric equivalence are realized as symplectic log Calabi-Yau pairs with minimal complements.
Study of rational curves in complex manifolds with specific normal bundles.
problem Characterizing rational curves in complex manifolds with given normal bundles.
method Analyzing differential and projective geometric properties of rational curves and their tangents.
result Classification of rational curves into Goursat and Cartan types based on their geometric properties.
Knots in L-spaces with certain surgeries are rationally fibered and have tight contact structures.
problem Characterizing knots in L-spaces and their surgeries.
method Analyzing Dehn surgeries, Thurston norm minimization, and Floer homology.
result Knots in L-spaces with specific surgeries are rationally fibered and induce tight contact structures.
Monopole invariant studies contact structures on 3-manifolds.
problem Topology of contact structures on 3-manifolds.
method Generalized Kronheimer--Mrowka--Ozsváth--Szabó contact invariant for families of contact structures.
result Obstructs the existence of sections and detects exotic loops of contact structures.
Cylindrical contact homology linked to Ehrhart polynomials and Chen-Ruan cohomology.
problem Contact invariants of Q-Gorenstein toric contact manifolds.
method Relationships between cylindrical contact homology and Ehrhart polynomials, Chen-Ruan cohomology.
result Cylindrical contact homology invariants linked to Ehrhart polynomials and Chen-Ruan cohomology.
New 3D shapes found without certain special flows.
problem Finding 3D shapes without specific special flows.
method Rational surgeries on the figure eight knot.
result First infinite family of hyperbolic 3-manifolds without tight projectively Anosov flows.
Surgery on knots always admits a tight contact structure.
problem Understanding tight contact structures on knots after surgery.
method Smooth (-r)-surgery on knots, using Heegaard Floer contact invariant.
result Tight contact structures detected for all knots after surgery.
We construct a compact simply-connected 7-dimensional manifold admitting a K-contact structure but not a Sasakian structure. We also study rational homotopy properties of such manifolds, proving in particular that a simply-connected 7-dimensional Sasakian manifold has vanishing cup-product on the second cohomology and …
Developed Gompf connected sum for orbifolds, constructing symplectic and K-contact manifolds.
problem Constructing symplectic and K-contact manifolds with specific properties.
method Developed Gompf fiber connected sum operation for symplectic orbifolds and used it to construct the required manifolds.
result Constructed a K-contact Smale-Barden manifold with specified 2-homology and sharper estimates.
The paper connects complex spacetimes to twistor spaces and finds an almost contact structure.
problem Understanding the geometry of complex spacetimes and their relation to twistor spaces.
method Using a correspondence between 5D complex spacetimes and 4D twistor spaces, the paper constructs almost contact structures.
result A 5-dimensional K-contact manifold can be derived from the Ren-Wang twistor space.
Generalizes Legendrian invariant to rational homology spheres.
problem Tackles Legendrian and transverse links in rational homology spheres.
method Uses open book decompositions and link Floer homology.
result Proves invariance of Legendrian link invariants under Legendrian isotopy.
A new version of ECK for rationally null-homologous knots, with a surgery formula.
problem Defining and computing ECK for rationally null-homologous knots.
method Generalized ECK to rational open book decompositions, proving independence of choices, and proving a surgery formula.
result Large negative n-surgery formula for ECK, supporting equivalence with knot Floer homology.
The study connects periodic surface homeomorphisms to contact structures using rational open books.
problem Understanding the properties of contact structures associated with periodic surface homeomorphisms.
method Associate rational open books to marked data sets, study contact structures, and prove Stein fillability conditions.
result A class of data sets gives rise to Stein fillable contact structures under certain combinatorial conditions.
Study shows infinite order in mapping class groups for certain 3D shapes.
problem Understanding the mapping class groups of certain 3D shapes.
method Analogues of Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology for 3-manifolds.
result Monodromy diffeomorphisms have infinite order in smooth mapping class groups.
Constructs symplectic structures from rational functions on fans.
problem Creating symplectic structures from rational functions on fans.
method Constructs exact symplectic structures and polyhedral Hamiltonians.
result Level sets of polyhedral Hamiltonians are hypersurfaces of contact type.
Study non-commutative function algebras using contact geometry.
problem Quantize non-commutative function algebras in several variables.
method Contact geometry and rational differential operators.
result Generalizes known constructions of classical equivariants.
Study contact structures on projective spaces, proving infinite non-isotopic structures.
problem Classify contact structures on projective spaces with specific surgery numbers.
method Detailed analysis of Gompf's Γ-invariant and d_3-invariant of tangential 2-plane fields.
result Infinitely many non-isotopic contact structures on real projective 3-space.