Publication: Invariants of contact structures from open books
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Etnyre, John B.
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Publication Date
2008
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
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Abstract
In this note we de. ne three invariants of contact structures in terms of open books supporting the contact structures. These invariants are the support genus (which is the minimal genus of a page of a supporting open book for the contact structure), the binding number (which is the minimal number of binding components of a supporting open book for the contact structure with minimal genus pages) and the norm (which is minus the maximal Euler characteristic of a page of a supporting open book).
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Transactions of The American Mathematical Society
Publisher:
Amer Mathematical Soc
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Mathematics