## Geometry & Topology

### The Seiberg–Witten equations and the Weinstein conjecture

Clifford Henry Taubes

#### Abstract

Let $M$ denote a compact, oriented 3–dimensional manifold and let $a$ denote a contact 1–form on $M$; thus $a∧da$ is nowhere zero. This article proves that the vector field that generates the kernel of $da$ has a closed integral curve.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 11, Number 4 (2007), 2117-2202.

Dates
Accepted: 18 May 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513799979

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2007.11.2117

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2350473

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1135.57015

#### Citation

Taubes, Clifford Henry. The Seiberg–Witten equations and the Weinstein conjecture. Geom. Topol. 11 (2007), no. 4, 2117--2202. doi:10.2140/gt.2007.11.2117. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513799979

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