Dihedral branched covers of four-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2018.04.016zbMATH Open1398.57004arXiv1608.03329OpenAlexW2801697308WikidataQ129902426 ScholiaQ129902426MaRDI QIDQ1639634FDOQ1639634

Alexandra Kjuchukova

Publication date: 13 June 2018

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a closed oriented PL four-manifold $X$ and a closed surface $B$ embedded in $X$ with isolated cone singularities, we give a formula for the signature of an irregular dihedral cover of $X$ branched along $B$. For $X$ simply-connected, we deduce a necessary condition on the intersection form of a simply-connected irregular dihedral branched cover of $(X,B)$. When the singularities on $B$ are two-bridge slice, we prove that the necessary condition on the intersection form of the cover is sharp. For $X$ a simply-connected PL four-manifold with non-zero second Betti number, we construct infinite families of simply-connected PL manifolds which are irregular dihedral branched coverings of $X$. Given two four-manifolds $X$ and $Y$ whose intersection forms are odd, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for $Y$ to be homeomorphic to an irregular dihedral $p$-fold cover of $X$, branched over a surface with a two-bridge slice singularity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03329

zbMATH Keywords

singularitysignatureknotbranched coverfour-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

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