Eventual destabilization of low-Thurston–Bennequin Legendrian representatives

Let KK be a null-homologous smooth knot type in a tight contact manifold (M,ξ)(M,\xi). A Legendrian representative of KK has a Thurston–Bennequin invariant \tb\tb. Low-Thurston–Bennequin destabilization conjecture. There is an integer nn such that every Legendrian representative of KK with \tb<n\tb<n destabilizes. The conjecture would provide a broad criterion for recognizing destabilizable Legendrian representatives and would substantially aid the classification of Legendrian knots; it remains open in general.

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John B. Etnyre, “Neighborhoods of transverse knots and destabilizations”, arXiv:2512.15651 (2026).

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