On Transversally Simple Knots
On Transversally Simple Knots
This paper studies knots that are transversal to the standard contact structure in $\mathbb{R}^3$ bringing techniques from topological knot theory to bear on their transversal classification. We say that a transversal knot type $\mathcal{TK}$ is transversally simple if it is determined by its topological knot type $\mathcal{K}$ and its Bennequin …