We develop a construction of Engel structures based on the decomposition of manifolds into round handles and some results from contact topology. We prove that every parallelizable 4-manifold admits an Engel structure.
Friday, November 12, 2004 - 3:00pm
We develop a construction of Engel structures based on the decomposition of manifolds into round handles and some results from contact topology. We prove that every parallelizable 4-manifold admits an Engel structure.