Abstract
We prove that there is a knot transverse to , the tight contact structure of , such that every contact –manifold can be obtained as a contact covering branched along . By contact covering, we mean a map branched along such that is contact isotopic to the lifting of under .
Citation
Jesús Rodríguez-Viorato. "The existence of a universal transverse knot." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 22 (5) 2187 - 2237, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2022.22.2187
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