{"title":"An \u0000 \u0000 h\u0000 $h$\u0000 -principle for embeddings transverse to a contact structure","authors":"Robert Cardona, Francisco Presas","doi":"10.1112/topo.12326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1112/topo.12326","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given a class of embeddings into a contact or a symplectic manifold, we give a sufficient condition, that we call isocontact or isosymplectic realization, for this class to satisfy a general <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>h</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$h$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-principle. The flexibility follows from the <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>h</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$h$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-principles for isocontact and isosymplectic embeddings, it provides a framework for classical results, and we give two new applications. Our main result is that embeddings transverse to a contact structure satisfy a full <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>h</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$h$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-principle in two cases: if the complement of the embedding is overtwisted, or when the intersection of the image of the formal derivative with the contact structure is strictly contained in a proper symplectic subbundle. We illustrate the general framework on symplectic manifolds by studying the universality of Hamiltonian dynamics on regular level sets via a class of embeddings.</p>","PeriodicalId":56114,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Topology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140104530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}