Legendrian links of topological unknots

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We use an estimate on the Thurston--Bennequin invariant of a Legendrian link in terms of its Kauffman-polynomial to show that links of topological unknots, e.g. the Borromean rings or the Whithead link, may not be represented by Legendrian links of Legendrian unknots.
3 pages, Latex2e, epsfig.tex A mistake in the references is corrected. Minor changes in order to avoid possible difficulties with the DVI-file are done

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Geometric Topology, Symplectic Geometry

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/77625

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https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9810171
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