arXiv math/01111182001-11math.SGmath.GT

Introductory Lectures on Contact Geometry

John B. Etnyre

备注：: 22 pages, 14 figures, corrected proof of Theorem 4.15

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These notes are an expanded version of an introductory lecture on contact geometry given at the 2001 Georgia Topology Conference. They are intended to present some of the "topological" aspects of three dimensional contact geometry.

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