Converse overtwistedness conjecture for the ECH invariant f

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Let (Y,ξ)(Y,\xi) be a closed contact 33-manifold. Let (λ,J)(\lambda,J) range over ECH data for (Y,ξ)(Y,\xi), and let f(Y,λ,J)f(Y,\lambda,J) be the invariant defined in the paper. Converse overtwistedness conjecture. If

f(Y,λ,J)=0f(Y,\lambda,J)=0

for all ECH data (λ,J)(\lambda,J) for (Y,ξ)(Y,\xi), then (Y,ξ)(Y,\xi) is overtwisted. This is proposed as the converse of the result that overtwisted contact 33-manifolds have vanishing ff for every ECH datum. The source also notes that it would imply the conjecture that Legendrian surgery preserves tightness.

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Primary source

Janko Latschev and Chris Wendl, “Algebraic Torsion in Contact Manifolds”, arXiv:1009.3262 (2012).

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