Invariants of Legendrian Knots in Circle Bundles
Joshua M. Sabloff
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Published: Aug 1, 2003
DOI: 10.1142/s0219199703001075
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Let M be a circle bundle over a Riemann surface that supports a contact structure transverse to the fibers. This paper presents a combinatorial definition of a differential graded algebra (DGA) that is an invariant of Legendrian knots in M. The invariant generalizes Chekanov's combinatorial DGA invariant of Legendrian knots in the standard contact 3-space using ideas from Eliashberg, Givental, and Hofer's contact homology. The main difficulty lies in dealing with what are ostensibly 1-parameter families of generators for the DGA; these are solved using "Morse–Bott" techniques. As an application, the invariant is used to distinguish two Legendrian knots that are smoothly isotopic, realize a nontrivial homology class, but are not Legendrian isotopic.
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