Finiteness of mapping degree sets for 3-manifolds (Q546322)
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Finiteness of mapping degree sets for 3-manifolds (English)
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24 June 2011
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For closed oriented 3-dimensional manifolds \(M\) and \(N\) denote by \(\mathcal{D}(M,N)\) the set \(\{d\in\mathbb{Z}\mid\exists\;f:M\to N, \deg(f)=d\}\). The authors exploit the confirmation of Thurston's geometrization conjecture to solve the problem as to when \(\mathcal{D}(M,N)\) is finite. To be precise, the authors prove the following theorem: Let \(N\) be a closed oriented 3-manifold. Then there is a closed orientable 3-manifold \(M\) such that \(|\mathcal{D}(M,N)|=\infty\) if and only if \(|\mathcal{D}(R,R)|=\infty\) for each prime factor \(R\) of \(N\).
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3-manifold
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mapping degree
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finiteness
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prime factor
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