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For $Gamma_1$-structures on 3-manifolds, we give a very simple proof of Thurstons regularization theorem, first proved in cite{thurston}, without using Mathers homology equivalence. Moreover, in the co-orientable case, the resulting foliation can be chosen of a precise kind, namely an open book foliation modified by suspension. There is also a model in the non co-orientable case.
We prove the existence of a minimal (all leaves dense) foliation of codimension one, on every closed manifold of dimension at least 4 whose Euler characteristic is null, in every homotopy class of hyperplanes distributions, in every homotopy class of Haefliger structures, in every differentiability class, under the obvious embedding assumption. The proof uses only elementary means, and reproves Thurstons existence theorem in all dimensions. A parametric version is also established.
A smooth fibration of $mathbb{R}^3$ by oriented lines is given by a smooth unit vector field $V$ on $mathbb{R}^3$, for which all of the integral curves are oriented lines. Such a fibration is called skew if no two fibers are parallel, and it is called nondegenerate if $ abla V$ vanishes only in the direction of $V$. Nondegeneracy is a form of local skewness, though in fact any nondegenerate fibration is globally skew. Nondegenerate and skew fibrations have each been recently studied, from both geometric and topological perspectives, in part due to their close relationship with great circle fibrations of $S^3$. Any fibration of $mathbb{R}^3$ by oriented lines induces a plane field on $mathbb{R}^3$, obtained by taking the orthogonal plane to the unique line through each point. We show that the plane field induced by any nondegenerate fibration is a tight contact structure. For contactness we require a new characterization of nondegenerate fibrations, whereas the proof of tightness employs a recent result of Etnyre, Komendarczyk, and Massot on tightness in contact metric 3-manifolds. We conclude with some examples which highlight relationships among great circle fibrations, nondegenerate fibrations, skew fibrations, and the contact structures associated to fibrations.
In this paper, we find infinite hyperbolic 3-manifolds that admit no weakly symplectically fillable contact structures, using tools in Heegaard Floer theory. We also remark that part of these manifolds do admit tight contact structures.
We consider singular foliations of codimension one on 3-manifolds, in the sense defined by A. Haefliger as being Gamma_1-structures. We prove that under the obvious linear embedding condition, they are Gamma_1-homotopic to a regular foliation carried by an open book or a twisted open book. The latter concept is introduced for this aim. Our result holds true in every regularity C^r, r at least 1. In particular, in dimension 3, this gives a very simple proof of Thurstons 1976 regularization theorem without using Mathers homology equivalence.
Let $M$ be a closed orientable irreducible $3$-manifold with a left orderable fundamental group, and $M_0 = M - Int(B^{3})$. We show that there exists a Reebless co-orientable foliation $mathcal{F}$ in $M_0$, whose leaves may be transverse to $partial M_0$ or tangent to $partial M_0$ at their intersections with $partial M_0$, such that $mathcal{F}$ has a transverse $(pi_1(M_0),mathbb{R})$ structure, and $mathcal{F}$ is analogue to taut foliations (in closed $3$-manifolds) in the following sense: there exists a compact $1$-manifold (i.e. a finite union of properly embedded arcs and/or simple closed curves) transverse to $mathcal{F}$ that intersects every leaf of $mathcal{F}$. We conjecture that $mathcal{F}$ is obtained from removing a $3$-ball foliated with horizontal disks from a taut foliation in $M$.