Timeline for Contact structures on circle cross plane
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| Apr 13, 2015 at 17:36 | answer | added | Eric Zaslow | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 23:53 | comment | added | Eric Zaslow | Yes, precisely, Robert. The projection to the xy plane is called the "front projection." More generally, we can project any first jet bundle $J^1(X)$ to $X\times \mathbb R.$ (I tried to write a coordinate-free question, but at the expense of using terminology, I guess. The Jargon Alternative?) | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 21:08 | comment | added | Robert Bryant | I'm not sure that I'm familiar with your terminology. Is your example 1, simply $\mathbb{R}^3$ with coordinates $(x,y,z)$, and contact form $\mathrm{d}y-z\,\mathrm{d}x$ after one removes the line $x=y=0$? | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 18:04 | history | asked | Eric Zaslow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |