On the Support Genus of Legendrian Knots

Abstract

In this paper, we show that any topological knot or link in $S^1\times S^2$ sits on a planar page of an open book decomposition whose monodromy is a product of positive Dehn twists. As a consequence, any knot or link type in $S^1\times S^2$ has a Legendrian representative having support genus zero. We also show this holds for some knots and links in the lens spaces $L(p,1)$.

12 pages, 15 figures