Combinatorial and geometric methods in topology

DOI10.1007/S00032-007-0080-XMaRDI QIDQ1035249zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Petronio, Damian Heard, Ekaterina Pervova

Publication date 2 November 2009

Published in Milan Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4368

zbMATH Keywords

enumeration of 3-manifoldshyperbolic geometryoctahedron

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: Starting from the (apparently) elementary problem of deciding how many different topological spaces can be obtained by gluing together in pairs the faces of an octahedron, we will describe the central role played by hyperbolic geometry within three-dimensional topology. We will also point out the striking difference with the two-dimensional case, and we will review some of the results of the combinatorial and computational approach to three-manifolds developed by different mathematicians over the last several years.

Review text

This readable article discusses the enumeration of 3-manifolds constructed by pairwise identification of the faces of an octahedron, and by pairwise identification of the faces of a truncated octahedron. The manifolds constructed in this way are enumerated according to their boundaries and their hyperbolicity. The article also contains some discussion of the enumeration of surfaces obtained by identifying in pairs the edges of a polygon, and 3-manifolds obtained by gluing together in pairs the faces of a fixed number of tetrahedra. It is worthwhile pointing out that the number of combinatorially inequivalent patterns for \(P_k\) (discussed in Section 1 of the paper) is equal to the number of distinct degree \(k\) chord diagrams considered up to reflection, and is therefore known [see \textit{A. Stoimenow}, Discrete Math. 218, No. 1--3, 209--233 (2000; Zbl 0953.57006)].

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