Genus-minimal crystallizations of PL 4-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S13366-017-0334-XzbMATH Open1396.57036arXiv1606.07196OpenAlexW3098764758MaRDI QIDQ1702148FDOQ1702148

Authors: Biplab Basak 

Publication date: 28 February 2018

Published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For $dgeq2$, the regular genus of a closed connected PL $d$-manifold $M$ is the least genus (resp., half of the genus) of an orientable (resp., a non-orientable) surface into which a crystallization of $M$ imbeds regularly. The regular genus of every orientable surface equals its genus, and the regular genus of every 3-manifold equals its Heegaard genus. For every closed connected PL $4$-manifold $M$, it is known that its regular genus $mathcalG(M)$ is at least $2chi(M)+5m-4$, where $m$ is the rank of the fundamental group of $M$. In this article, we introduce the concept of "weak semi-simple crystallization" for every closed connected PL $4$-manifold $M$, and prove that $mathcalG(M)=2chi(M)+5m-4$ if and only if $M$ admits a weak semi-simple crystallization. We then show that the PL invariant regular genus is additive under the connected sum within the class of all PL 4-manifolds admitting a weak semi-simple crystallization. Also, we note that this property is related to the 4-dimensional Smooth Poincar'e Conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07196

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zbMATH Keywords

crystallizationsregular genuscontracted colored graphgenus rank of fundamental groupPL 4-manifoldsweak semi-simple crystallizations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topology of complexes (57Q05) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15)

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