$C^0$-Contact Geometry of Surfaces in 3-Manifolds

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Autori principali: Serraille, Baptiste, Stokić, Maksim
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author Serraille, Baptiste
Stokić, Maksim
author_facet Serraille, Baptiste
Stokić, Maksim
contents We prove that contact homeomorphisms preserve characteristic foliations on surfaces in contact $3$-manifolds. More precisely, since the characteristic foliation is a singular $1$-dimensional foliation, we show that singular points are mapped to singular points, and that the image of every $1$-dimensional leaf is again a $1$-dimensional leaf in the image surface. As a consequence, regular coisotropic surfaces are $C^0$-rigid. In contrast, we show that contact convexity is $C^0$-flexible by constructing a contact homeomorphism that sends a convex $2$-torus to a non-convex one.
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spellingShingle $C^0$-Contact Geometry of Surfaces in 3-Manifolds
Serraille, Baptiste
Stokić, Maksim
Symplectic Geometry
53D10
We prove that contact homeomorphisms preserve characteristic foliations on surfaces in contact $3$-manifolds. More precisely, since the characteristic foliation is a singular $1$-dimensional foliation, we show that singular points are mapped to singular points, and that the image of every $1$-dimensional leaf is again a $1$-dimensional leaf in the image surface. As a consequence, regular coisotropic surfaces are $C^0$-rigid. In contrast, we show that contact convexity is $C^0$-flexible by constructing a contact homeomorphism that sends a convex $2$-torus to a non-convex one.
title $C^0$-Contact Geometry of Surfaces in 3-Manifolds
topic Symplectic Geometry
53D10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02430