Calculating Heegaard-Floer homology by counting lattice points in tetrahedra (Q485012): Difference between revisions

The authors introduce a notion of complexity for Seifert homology spheres by establishing a correspondence between lattice point counting in tetrahedra and the Heegard-Floer homology. This complexity turns out to be equivalent to a version of the Casson invariant and it is monotone under a natural partial order on the set of Seifert homology spheres. Using this interpretation they prove that there are finitely many Seifert homology spheres with a prescribed Heegard-Floer homology. As an application, they characterize \(L\)--spaces and weakly elliptic manifolds among Seifert homology spheres. Also, they list all Seifert homology spheres up to complexity two.