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2000 Tight contact structures and taut foliations
Ko Honda, William H Kazez, Gordana Matić
Geom. Topol. 4(1): 219-242 (2000). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2000.4.219

Abstract

We show the equivalence of several notions in the theory of taut foliations and the theory of tight contact structures. We prove equivalence, in certain cases, of existence of tight contact structures and taut foliations.

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Ko Honda. William H Kazez. Gordana Matić. "Tight contact structures and taut foliations." Geom. Topol. 4 (1) 219 - 242, 2000. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2000.4.219

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Received: 21 April 2000; Revised: 20 July 2000; Accepted: 1 September 2000; Published: 2000
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 0961.57009
MathSciNet: MR1780749
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2000.4.219

Subjects:
Primary: 57M50
Secondary: 53C15

Keywords: contact structure , taut foliation , tight

Rights: Copyright © 2000 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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