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The contact mapping class group and rational unknots in lens spaces

arXiv:2207.03590

Abstract

We determine the contact mapping class group of the standard contact structures on lens spaces. To prove the main result, we use the one-parametric convex surface theory to classify Legendrian and transverse rational unknots in any tight contact structure on lens spaces up to Legendrian and transverse isotopy.

36 pages, 13 figures; typos corrected, text improved

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