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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 351-359 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Mathematische Annalen |
| Volume | 358 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Early online date | 28 Aug 2013 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2014 |
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Contact structures on M×S2. / Bowden, Jonathan; Crowley, Diarmuid; Stipsicz, Andras I. .
In: Mathematische Annalen, Vol. 358, No. 1-2, 02.2014, p. 351-359.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Contact structures on M×S2
AU - Bowden, Jonathan
AU - Crowley, Diarmuid
AU - Stipsicz, Andras I.
N1 - The authors would like to thank the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn for its hospitality while parts of this work has been carried out, and Hansjörg Geiges for useful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. AS was partially supported by OTKA NK81203, by the Lendület program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and by ERC LDTBud. The present work is part of the authors’ activities within CAST, a Research Network Program of the European Science Foundation.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - We show that if a manifold M admits a contact structure, then so does M×S 2. Our proof relies on surgery theory, a theorem of Eliashberg on contact surgery and a theorem of Bourgeois showing that if M admits a contact structure then so does M×T 2.
AB - We show that if a manifold M admits a contact structure, then so does M×S 2. Our proof relies on surgery theory, a theorem of Eliashberg on contact surgery and a theorem of Bourgeois showing that if M admits a contact structure then so does M×T 2.
U2 - 10.1007/s00208-013-0963-9
DO - 10.1007/s00208-013-0963-9
M3 - Article
VL - 358
SP - 351
EP - 359
JO - Mathematische Annalen
JF - Mathematische Annalen
SN - 0025-5831
IS - 1-2
ER -