Tight contact structures and taut foliations

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 219-242

  Honda, Ko ^a   Kazez, William H ^a   Matić, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact structure; Taut foliation; Tight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000122601     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2000.4.219     Document Type: Article

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