Abstract

We introduce a notion of linear deformation of codimension one foliations into contact structures and describe some foliations which deform instantly into contact structures and some which do not. Restricting ourselves to closed smooth manifolds, we obtain a neces- sary and su‰cient condition for a foliation defined by a closed nonsingular 1-form to be lin- early deformable into contact structures.

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