Stein-fillability conjecture for the edge contact structures on Brieskorn spheres

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For n>2n>2, consider the tight contact structures ηi,jn\eta^n_{i,j} on Σ(2,3,6n1)-\Sigma(2,3,6n-1) with 0in20\leq i\leq n-2, jni2|j|\leq n-i-2, and jni(mod2)j\equiv n-i\pmod{2}, and the tight contact structures ξi,jn\xi^n_{i,j} on Σ(2,3,6n+1)-\Sigma(2,3,6n+1) with 0in10\leq i\leq n-1, jni1|j|\leq n-i-1, and j≢ni(mod2)j\not\equiv n-i\pmod{2}. The edge Stein-fillability conjecture. The contact structures

ηi,±(ni2)nare Stein fillable for 1in3,\eta^n_{i,\pm(n-i-2)}\quad\text{are Stein fillable for }1\leq i\leq n-3,

and

ξi,±(ni1)nare Stein fillable for 1in2.\xi^n_{i,\pm(n-i-1)}\quad\text{are Stein fillable for }1\leq i\leq n-2.

The authors present this as a new conjecture after noting that the original non-Liouville-fillability conjecture is disproved by Stein fillings of η1,±14\eta^4_{1,\pm1}. The inner-triangle cases are known to be non-Liouville fillable, while the asserted Stein fillability of all the edge cases remains open in the supplied text.

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Hyunki Min, “Strongly fillable contact structures without Liouville fillings”, arXiv:2205.09912 (2022).

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