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Classification of tight contact structures on small Seifert 3-manifolds with $e_0\geq 0$

Author(s): Paolo Ghiggini; Paolo Lisca; András I. Stipsicz
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 909-916.
MSC (2000): Primary 57R17, 57R57
Posted: August 29, 2005
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Abstract: We classify positive, tight contact structures on closed Seifert fibered 3-manifolds with base $S^2$, three singular fibers and $e_0\geq 0$.

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Additional Information:

Paolo Ghiggini
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Email: ghiggini@mail.dm.unipi.it

Paolo Lisca
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Email: lisca@dm.unipi.it

András I. Stipsicz
Affiliation: Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1053 Budapest, Reáltanoda utca 13--15, Hungary
Address at time of publication: Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Email: stipsicz@math.ias.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08013-5
PII: S 0002-9939(05)08013-5
Keywords: Seifert fibered 3-manifolds, tight contact structures
Received by editor(s): June 4, 2004
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 10, 2004
Posted: August 29, 2005
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society

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