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The self-linking number in annulus and pants open book decompositions
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The self-linking number in annulus and pants open book decompositions

Keiko Kawamuro and Elena Pavelescu
Algebraic & geometric topology, Vol.11(1), pp.553-585
2011
DOI: 10.2140/agt.2011.11.553
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https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2011.11.553View
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Abstract

We find a self-linking number formula for a given null-homologous transverse link in a contact manifold that is compatible with either an annulus or a pair of pants open book decomposition. It extends Bennequin’s self-linking formula for a braid in the standard contact

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