arXiv · math/0503033
Legendrian knots and links classified by classical invariants
Abstract
It is shown that Legendrian (resp. transverse) cable links in the 3-sphere with its standard tight contact structure, i.e. links consisting of an unknot and a cable of that unknot, are classified by their oriented link type and the classical invariants (Thurston-Bennequin invariant and rotation number in the Legendrian case, self-linking number in the transverse case). The analogous result is proved for torus knots in the 1-jet space of the circle with its standard tight contact structure.
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Fan Ding, Hansjörg Geiges. 2005-03-02. Legendrian knots and links classified by classical invariants. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503033
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