Bordered contact invariants and half Giroux torsion

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Auteurs principaux: Min, Hyunki, Varvarezos, Konstantinos
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author Min, Hyunki
Varvarezos, Konstantinos
author_facet Min, Hyunki
Varvarezos, Konstantinos
contents We show that there exist infinitely many closed contact 3-manifolds containing half Giroux torsion along a separating torus whose contact invariants do not vanish. This provides counterexamples to Ghiggini's conjecture and suggests that separating half Giroux torsion may not obstruct symplectic fillability. The main tools are the bordered contact invariants recently developed by the authors and the innermost contact structures on knot complements. We also show that there exists a closed contact 3-manifold containing convex torsion along a separating torus with non-vanishing contact invariant, which implies that $2π$ is the minimal amount of twisting necessary to ensure vanishing of the contact invariant.
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spellingShingle Bordered contact invariants and half Giroux torsion
Min, Hyunki
Varvarezos, Konstantinos
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
57K33, 57K31
We show that there exist infinitely many closed contact 3-manifolds containing half Giroux torsion along a separating torus whose contact invariants do not vanish. This provides counterexamples to Ghiggini's conjecture and suggests that separating half Giroux torsion may not obstruct symplectic fillability. The main tools are the bordered contact invariants recently developed by the authors and the innermost contact structures on knot complements. We also show that there exists a closed contact 3-manifold containing convex torsion along a separating torus with non-vanishing contact invariant, which implies that $2π$ is the minimal amount of twisting necessary to ensure vanishing of the contact invariant.
title Bordered contact invariants and half Giroux torsion
topic Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
57K33, 57K31
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14050