Almost contact 5-manifolds are contact

Abstract

The existence of a contact structure is proved in any homotopy class of almost contact structures on a closed $5$-dimensional manifold.

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Authors

Roger Casals

Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas, C. Nicolás Cabrera, Madrid, Spain

Dishant M. Pancholi

Chennai Mathematical Institute, Kelambakkam, Siruseri, India

Francisco Presas

Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas, C. Nicolás Cabrera, Madrid, Spain