Completeness conjecture for Legendrian graph stabilizations and vertex twists

Let GG be a graph and let g:GS3g:G\rightarrow S^3 be a smooth embedding. A Legendrian realization of gg is a Legendrian embedding of GG in (S3,ξstd)(S^3,\xi_{std}) representing the smooth embedding gg. Legendrian graph equivalence conjecture. Any two Legendrian realizations g1g_1 and g2g_2 of gg are related, up to Legendrian isotopy, by a sequence of edge stabilizations, vertex stabilizations, and vertex twists.

Edge stabilization, vertex stabilization, and vertex twist are local operations on Legendrian graphs that preserve their smooth isotopy class. The conjecture proposes that these operations completely classify Legendrian realizations within a fixed smooth isotopy class; the preceding discussion explains that edge stabilizations alone are insufficient, while no resolution is given here.

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Peter Lambert-Cole and Danielle O'Donnol, “Planar Legendrian Θ-graphs”, arXiv:1606.00486 (2016).

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