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June 2013 The contact homology of Legendrian knots with maximal Thurston-Bennequin invariant
Steven Sivek
J. Symplectic Geom. 11(2): 167-178 (June 2013).

Abstract

We show that there exists a Legendrian knot with maximal Thurston–Bennequin invariant whose contact homology is trivial. We also provide another Legendrian knot which has the same knot type and classical invariants but nonvanishing contact homology.

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Steven Sivek. "The contact homology of Legendrian knots with maximal Thurston-Bennequin invariant." J. Symplectic Geom. 11 (2) 167 - 178, June 2013.

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Published: June 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 11 November 2013

zbMATH: 1277.53082
MathSciNet: MR3046489

Rights: Copyright © 2013 International Press of Boston

Vol.11 • No. 2 • June 2013
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