2020Lobachevskii Journal of MathematicsOpen access

Topological and Differential Invariants of Singularities of Contact Structure on a Three-Dimensional Manifold

Fabián Arias, M. Malakhaltsev

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A contact structure on a three-dimensional manifold is a two-dimensional distribution on this manifold which satisfies the condition of complete non-integrability. If the distribution fails to satisfy this condition at points of some submanifold, we have a contact structure with singularities. The singularities of contact structures were studied by J. Martinet, B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii. We consider a contact structure with singularities as a $$G$$ -structure with singularities, we find some topological and differential invariants of singularities of contact structure and establish their relation to the invariants found by B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii.

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A contact structure on a three-dimensional manifold is a two-dimensional distribution on this manifold which satisfies the condition of complete non-integrability. If the distribution fails to satisfy this condition at points of some submanifold, we have a contact structure with singularities. The singularities of contact structures were studied by J. Martinet, B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii. We consider a contact structure with singularities as a $$G$$ -structure with singularities, we find some topological and differential invariants of singularities of contact structure and establish their relation to the invariants found by B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii.

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A contact structure on a three-dimensional manifold is a two-dimensional distribution on this manifold which satisfies the condition of complete non-integrability. If the distribution fails to satisfy this condition at points of some submanifold, we have a contact structure with singularities. The singularities of contact structures were studied by J. Martinet, B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii. We consider a contact structure with singularities as a $$G$$ -structure with singularities, we find some topological and differential invariants of singularities of contact structure and establish their relation to the invariants found by B. Jakubczyk and M. Zhitomirskii.

Key concepts: Gravitational singularity, Mathematics, Submanifold, Manifold (fluid mechanics), Contact geometry, Pure mathematics, Differential geometry, Distribution (mathematics)

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