Images of contact structures

This page shows some examples of contact structures. The first three as isotopic, as explained this page. One can also see some examples of characteristic foliations.

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Standard contact structure on ℝ³, version 1

Standard contact structure on ℝ³, version 2

Standard contact structure on ℝ³, version 3

Standard contact structure on 𝕊³

Standard contact structure on the bundle of tangent rays

Overtwisted contact structure

updated on April 29 2020.