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ON THE TOPOLOGY OF THE SPACE OF CONTACT STRUCTURES ON TORUS BUNDLES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2004

HANSJÖRG GEIGES
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 86–90, 50931 Köln, Germanygeiges@math.uni-koeln.de
JESÚS GONZALO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spainjesus.gonzalo@uam.es
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Abstract

Based on the classification of contact structures on the 3-torus and classical contact geometric methods, it is shown that there exist essential loops in the space of contact structures on torus bundles over the circle.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2004

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