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arxiv: 1303.2128 · v2 · pith:HAT75RYNnew · submitted 2013-03-08 · 🧮 math.GT

Legendrian theta-graphs

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keywords legendriannumbertheta-graphsdetermineplanarpush-offtheta-graphtopologically
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In this article we give necessary and sufficient conditions for two triples of integers to be realized as the Thurston-Bennequin number and the rotation number of a Legendrian theta-graph with all cycles unknotted. We show that these invariants are not enough to determine the Legendrian class of a topologically planar theta-graph. We define the transverse push-off of a Legendrian graph and we determine its self linking number for Legendrian theta-graphs. In the case of topologically planar theta-graphs, we prove that the topological type of the transverse push-off is that of a pretzel link.

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