Chekanov–Eliashberg invariants and transverse approximations of Legendrian knots

Judith Epstein, Dmitry Fuchs and Maike Meyer

Vol. 201 (2001), No. 1, 89–106

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2001.201.89

Abstract

Topological isotopic, non-Legendrian isotopic, Legendrian knots in the standard contact space with equal Thurston-Bennequin and Maslov numbers may have transverse isotopic transverse approximations.

Milestones

Received: 17 March 2000

Revised: 8 July 2000

Published: 1 November 2001