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On contactomorphism group of contact structure overtwisted at infinity on ℝ3

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We compute all the homotopy groups of the compactly supported contactomorphism group of a contact structure on ℝ3 which is overtwisted at infinity.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Li Yu

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Yu, L. On contactomorphism group of contact structure overtwisted at infinity on ℝ3 . SCI CHINA SER A 50, 1087–1092 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-007-0041-4

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