On the Gabai-Eliashberg-Thurston Theorem
On the Gabai-Eliashberg-Thurston Theorem
We present a new, completely three-dimensional proof of the fact, due to the combined work of Gabai and Eliashberg-Thurston, that every closed, oriented, connected, irreducible 3-manifold with nonzero second homology carries a universally tight contact structure.