An obstruction to sliceness via contact geometry and ?classical? gauge theory

Gauge theory for embedded surfaces, I

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Natural Sciences, Physics, Electromagnetism +11

Classification of overtwisted contact structures on 3-manifolds

Yakov Eliashberg · Inventiones mathematicae · 1989 · 366 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Structural Analysis +10

Braided surfaces and seifert ribbons for closed braids

Lee Rudolph · Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici · 1983 · 163 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometric Modeling +16

A congruence between link polynomials

Lee Rudolph · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1990 · 69 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +9

QUASIPOSITIVE ANNULI (CONSTRUCTIONS OF QUASIPOSITIVE KNOTS AND LINKS, IV)

Lee Rudolph · Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications · 1992 · 40 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computational Geometry +10