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Convex decomposition theory

Ko Honda, William H. Kazez, Gordana Matic

math.GTarXiv:math/0102022

Abstract

We use convex decomposition theory to (1) reprove the existence of a universally tight contact structure on every irreducible 3-manifold with nonempty boundary, and (2) prove that every toroidal 3-manifold carries infinitely many nonisotopic, nonisomorphic tight contact structures.

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