Non-simplicity of formal contact isotopy classes of isocontact embeddings

Let nn be a positive integer, and let (S2n+1,ξst)(S^{2n+1},\xi_\text{st}) be the standard contact sphere. Consider isocontact embeddings of (TSn,ξst)(\partial T^*S^n,\xi_\text{st}) into (S2n+1,ξst)(S^{2n+1},\xi_\text{st}), where TSn\partial T^*S^n denotes the unit cosphere bundle with its standard contact structure. Two such embeddings are formally contact isotopic when they are connected by an isotopy through formally isocontact embeddings. Non-simplicity conjecture. There exist infinitely many formally contact isotopic isocontact embeddings of (TSn,ξst)(\partial T^*S^n,\xi_\text{st}) into (S2n+1,ξst)(S^{2n+1},\xi_\text{st}) which are not contact isotopic. The claim would give infinitely many distinct contact-isotopy classes within a single formal class; the supplied source does not provide evidence resolving this conjecture.

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Roger Casals and John B. Etnyre, “Non-simplicity of isocontact embeddings in all higher dimensions”, arXiv:1811.05455 (2019).

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