A New Way to Compute the Thurston-Bennequin Number

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We establish a relation between several easy-to-calculate numerical invariants of generic knots in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times S^1$, and use it to give a new method of computing the Thurston-Bennequin number of Legendrian knots in the tight contact $\mathbb{R}^3$.
7 pages, 3 figures

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Geometric Topology, 57M27, 57R17

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/99921

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https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312224
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