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Embedded contact homology and open book decompositions

Vincent Colin, Paolo Ghiggini and Ko Honda

Appendix: Vincent Colin, Paolo Ghiggini, Ko Honda and Yuan Yao

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 3345–3463

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2025.29.3345

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