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Dehn twists in Heegaard Floer homology

Bijan Sahamie

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 10 (2010) 465–524
Abstract

We derive a new exact sequence in the hat-version of Heegaard Floer homology. As a consequence we see a functorial connection between the invariant of Legendrian knots ̂ and the contact element. As an application we derive two vanishing results of the contact element making it possible to easily read off its vanishing out of a surgery presentation in suitable situations.

Keywords
Heegaard Floer homology, contact geometry, contact element
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57R17
Secondary: 53D35, 57R58
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Publication
Received: 22 April 2009
Revised: 5 November 2009
Accepted: 10 December 2009
Published: 3 March 2010
Authors
Bijan Sahamie
Mathematisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
Weyertal 86-90
50931 Köln
Germany
Mathematisches Institut der LMU München
Theresienstrasse 39
80333 München
Germany
http://www.math.lmu.de/~sahamie