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Should I quit the PhD? [closed]

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Is there a physical intuition for Darboux's theorem?

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what prevents a manifold to be symplectic?

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Tight vs. overtwisted contact structure

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stabilization of Legendrian knots

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mapping class group relations

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hyperelliptic involution on a surface

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Stein manifolds definiton

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neighborhood of symplectic surfaces

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contact surgery diagram on Brieskorn manifolds

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Legendrian knot in 3-sphere

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mapping class group of a two-holed torus

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Brieskorn homology spheres

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Legendrian knots on pages of a compatible open book

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non-isotopic but homotopic tight contact structure

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Dehn twist about an arbitrary curve

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from Dehn twists to surgery diagram [closed]

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complex Morse function on a four-manifold

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Gluck twist on four-manifolds

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question on Thurston-Bennequin number

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McDuff's classification of symplectic manifolds

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contact structure on double branched covers of $S^3$

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obtaining circle bundle over torus by trefoil surgery

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open book decomposition of graph manifolds

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Reeb orbit and open books

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why is there such a 1-form on a planar open book?

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mapping class group of a surface

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Affine varieties as Stein surfaces

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28 Questions

Should I quit the PhD? [closed]

Is there a physical intuition for Darboux's theorem?

what prevents a manifold to be symplectic?

Tight vs. overtwisted contact structure

stabilization of Legendrian knots

mapping class group relations

hyperelliptic involution on a surface

Stein manifolds definiton

neighborhood of symplectic surfaces

contact surgery diagram on Brieskorn manifolds

Legendrian knot in 3-sphere

mapping class group of a two-holed torus

Brieskorn homology spheres

Legendrian knots on pages of a compatible open book

non-isotopic but homotopic tight contact structure

Dehn twist about an arbitrary curve

from Dehn twists to surgery diagram [closed]

complex Morse function on a four-manifold

Gluck twist on four-manifolds

question on Thurston-Bennequin number

McDuff's classification of symplectic manifolds

contact structure on double branched covers of $S^3$

obtaining circle bundle over torus by trefoil surgery

open book decomposition of graph manifolds

Reeb orbit and open books

why is there such a 1-form on a planar open book?

mapping class group of a surface

Affine varieties as Stein surfaces