Tight contact structures without symplectic fillings are everywhere

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Authors: Jonathan Bowden, Fabio Gironella, Agustín Moreno, Zhengyi Zhou
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Abstract

We show that for all n \ge 3 , any (2n+1) -dimensional manifold that admits a tight contact structure also admits a tight but non-fillable contact structure, in the same almost contact class. For n=2 , we obtain the same result provided that the first Chern class vanishes. We further construct Liouville but not Weinstein fillable contact structures on any Weinstein fillable contact manifold of dimension at least 7 with torsion first Chern class.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Geometric and Algebraic Topology Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Topological and Geometric Data Analysis

Publication details

Journal / source
Journal of the European Mathematical Society
Publication date
14 April 2026
Language
EN