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Bounds for the Thurston–Bennequin number from Floer homology

  • Plamenevskaya O
Algebraic & Geometric Topology (2004) 4(1) 399-406
DOI: 10.2140/agt.2004.4.399
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Abstract

Using a knot concordance invariant from the Heegaard Floer theory of Ozsvath and Szabo, we obtain new bounds for the Thurston-Bennequin and rotation numbers of Legendrian knots in S 3. We also apply these bounds to calculate the knot concordance invariant for certain knots.

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Plamenevskaya, O. (2004). Bounds for the Thurston–Bennequin number from Floer homology. Algebraic & Geometric Topology, 4(1), 399–406. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2004.4.399

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