On symplectic manifolds with some contact properties (Q1173925)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7778
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On symplectic manifolds with some contact properties
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7778

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    On symplectic manifolds with some contact properties (English)
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    25 June 1992
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    The author proves that a symplectic manifold bounded by the standard contact sphere is, under some additional hypotheses, a ball. This gives a tool for the recognition of nonstandard structures on spheres. It is shown that exotic contact structures on spheres of dimension \(>3\) do exist.
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    symplectic manifold
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    contact sphere
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    exotic contact structures
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