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On symplectic cobordisms

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In this note we make several observations concerning symplectic cobordisms. Among other things we show that every contact 3-manifold has infinitely many concave symplectic fillings and that all overtwisted contact 3-manifolds are “symplectic cobordism equivalent”.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA , , , , , , US

    John B. Etnyre

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA , , , , , , US

    Ko Honda

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Received: 26 March 2001 / Revised version: 1 May 2001 / Published online: 28 February 2002

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Etnyre, J., Honda, K. On symplectic cobordisms. Math Ann 323, 31–39 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002080100292

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