On Legendrian Graphs

Details On Legendrian Graphs On Legendrian Graphs

2011-08-10

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2281v1

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

23 pages, 18 figures

Scientific paper

We investigate Legendrian graphs in $(\R^3, \xi_{std})$. We extend the classical invariants, Thurston-Bennequin number and rotation number to Legendrian graphs. We prove that a graph can be Legendrian realized with all its cycles Legendrian unknots with $tb=-1$ and $rot=0$ if and only if it does not contain $K_4$ as a minor. We show that the pair $(tb, rot)$ does not characterize a Legendrian graph up to Legendrian isotopy if the graph contains a cut edge or a cut vertex. For the lollipop graph the pair $(tb,rot)$ determines two Legendrian classes and for the handcuff graph it determines four Legendrian classes.

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