Efficient multisections of odd-dimensional tori

DOI10.2140/AGT.2023.23.3997MaRDI QIDQ6087245zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Thomas Kindred

Publication date 11 December 2023

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.14911

zbMATH Keywords

cubulationhandle decompositionmultisectionpiecewise-linearPLtrisection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Low-dimensional manifolds of specific dimension 5 or higher (57K50) General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Topological manifolds (57N99) Smoothing in differential topology (57R10) Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.) (57R15)

Abstract: Rubinstein--Tillmann generalized the notions of Heegaard splittings of 3-manifolds and trisections of 4-manifolds by defining {it multisections} of PL $n$-manifolds, which are decompositions into $k=lfloorn/2floor+1$ $n$-dimensional 1-handlebodies with nice intersection properties. For each odd-dimensional torus $T^n$, we construct a multisection which is {it efficient} in the sense that each 1-handlebody has genus $n$, which we prove is optimal; each multisection is {it symmetric} with respect to both the permutation action of $S_n$ on the indices and the $$ translation action along the main diagonal. We also construct such a trisection of $T^4$, lift all symmetric multisections of tori to certain cubulated manifolds, and obtain combinatorial identities as corollaries.

Review text

A \textit{multisection} of a closed PL \(n\)-manifold \(X\) is a decomposition of \(X\) into \(k\) \(n\)-dimensional \(1\)-handlebodies \(X_i\), where \(n=2k-1\) or \(n=2k-2\), such that intersections of the handlebodies have spines of small dimensions. We write that \(X=\cup _{i \in \mathbb{Z}_k} {X_i}\). It generalizes the notions of Heegaard splittings of \(3\)-manifolds and trisections of \(4\)-manifolds into higher dimensions. Let \(g\) be the maximum of genus of handlebodies \(X_i, i \in \mathbb{Z}_k\). The \textit{efficiency} of a multisection \(X\) is defined as the ratio of \((1+\)rank \(\pi_1(X))\) to \((1+g)\). Further, \(X\) is said to be \textit{efficient} if its efficiency is \(1\). In the article, the author proves that if a multisection \(X=\cup _{i \in \mathbb{Z}_k} {X_i}\) is efficient then the genus of all \(X_i\) coincides and is equal to rank \(\pi_1(X)\). The main result of the article provides a construction of an efficient multisection for each odd-dimensional torus \(T_n\) which is symmetric with respect to the permutation action on the indices and the translation action on the main diagonal. A manifold is said to admit a \textit{generalised} \textit{cubulation} if it has a cube-like cell structure where self-identifications along the faces are allowed. And, the manifold is said to admit a \textit{directed} \textit{cubulation} if the cells are glued in a particular nice way. Further, the author constructs a multisection for odd-dimensional manifolds admitting a directed cubulation.

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• Multisections of piecewise linear manifolds

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