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On the topology of fillings of contact $3$–manifolds

Burak Ozbagci

Geometry & Topology Monographs 19 (2015) 73–123
Abstract

This is an expository article on the study of topology of Stein/symplectic fillings of contact 3–manifolds.

Keywords
symplectic fillings, Stein fillings, Lefschetz fibrations, vanishing cycles, contact manifolds
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 57R17
Secondary: 55R55, 57R65
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Received: 14 November 2014
Accepted: 21 November 2014
Published: 29 December 2015
Authors
Burak Ozbagci
Department of Mathematics
Koç University
34450 Istanbul
Turkey