Contact structures, CR Yamabe invariant, and connected sum
Abstract
We propose a global invariant σc for contact manifolds which admit a strictly pseudoconvex CR structure, analogous to the Yamabe invariant σ. We prove that this invariant is non-decreasing under handle attaching and under connected sum. We then give a lower bound on σc in a particular case.
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