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arxiv: math/0610284 · v1 · submitted 2006-10-09 · 🧮 math.SG · math.GT

A unique decomposition theorem for tight contact 3-manifolds

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It has been shown by V. Colin that every tight contact 3-manifold can be written as a connected sum of prime manifolds. Here we prove that the summands in this decomposition are unique up to order and contactomorphism.

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