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A note on contact
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S. Akbulut and R. Matveyev |
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Vol. 182 (1998), No. 2, 201–204
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Abstract |
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We construct two contact structures on a homology sphere M, that are homotopic through 2-plane fields, but are not isotopic as contact structures. A diffeomorphism of M permutes these two contact structures. |
Milestones
Received: 17 September 1996
Revised: 14 October 1996
Published: 1 February 1998
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| S. Akbulut | |
| Michigan State University East Lansing MI 48824 |
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| R. Matveyev | |
| MSRI Berkeley, CA 94720 |
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