Gluing Tight Contact Structures
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چکیده
We prove gluing theorems for tight contact structures. As special cases, we rederive gluing theorems due to V. Colin and S. Makar-Limanov and present an algorithm for determining whether a given contact structure on a handlebody is tight. As applications, we construct a tight contact structure on a genus 4 handlebody which becomes overtwisted after Legendrian −1 surgery and study certain Legendrian surgeries on T 3.
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