Comparing 4-manifolds in the pants complex via trisections

DOI10.2140/AGT.2018.18.1799zbMATH Open1395.57003arXiv1707.07108OpenAlexW3100693431WikidataQ130007031 ScholiaQ130007031MaRDI QIDQ1747142FDOQ1747142

Authors: Gabriel Islambouli 

Publication date: 3 May 2018

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

Abstract: Given two smooth, oriented, closed 4-manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2$, we construct two invariants, $D^P(M_1,M_2)$ and $D(M_1,M_2)$, coming from distances in the pants complex and the dual curve complex respectively. To do this, we adapt work of Johnson on Heegaard splittings of 3-manifolds to the trisections of 4-manifolds introduced by Gay and Kirby. Our main results are that the invariants are independent of the choices made throughout the process, as well as interpretations of "nearby" manifolds. This naturally leads to various graphs of 4-manifolds coming from unbalanced trisections, and we briefly explore their properties.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.07108

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zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldtrisectionpants complexdual curve complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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