Tight contact structures on small Seifert spaces
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Wu, Hao, 1975-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics.
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Gang Tian.
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In this thesis, we discuss the relation between the Euler number of a tight contact small Seifert space and the contact framing of Legendrian vertical circles in it, and apply this relation to classify up to isotopy tight contact structures on small Seifert spaces with e₀ [not equal to] 0, -1, -2.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).
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2004Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of MathematicsPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mathematics.