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CYLINDRICAL CONTACT HOMOLOGY OF A DEHN TWIST

MEI-LIN YAU

Department of Mathematics, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129167X09005819Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We use open book representations of contact 3-manifolds to compute the cylindrical contact homology of a Stein-fillable contact 3-manifold represented by the open book whose monodromy is a positive Dehn twist on a torus with boundary.

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AMSC: 57R17, 53D35

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