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http://dx.doi.org/10.4134/JKMS.j180399

ON THE LAGRANGIAN FILLABILITY OF ALMOST POSITIVE LINKS  

Tagami, Keiji (Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science and Technology Tokyo University of Science)
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Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society / v.56, no.3, 2019 , pp. 789-804 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we prove that a link which has an almost positive diagram with a certain condition is Lagrangian fillable.
Keywords
knot; almost positive knot; Legendrian knot; Lagrangian filling; contact structure;
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