Linking numbers in three-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S00454-021-00287-3MaRDI QIDQ2046433zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Patricia Cahn, Alexandra Kjuchukova

Publication date 18 August 2021

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10330

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldsknotslinking numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) PL-topology (57Q99)

Abstract: Let $M$ be a connected, closed, oriented three-manifold and $K$, $L$ two rationally null-homologous oriented simple closed curves in $M$. We give an explicit algorithm for computing the linking number between $K$ and $L$ in terms of a presentation of $M$ as an irregular dihedral $3$-fold cover of $S^3$ branched along a knot $alphasubset{S}^3$. Since every closed, oriented three-manifold admits such a presentation, our results apply to all (well-defined) linking numbers in all three-manifolds. Furthermore, ribbon obstructions for a knot $alpha$ can be derived from dihedral covers of $alpha$. The linking numbers we compute are necessary for evaluating one such obstruction. This work is a step toward testing potential counter-examples to the Slice-Ribbon Conjecture, among other applications.

Review text

The authors give an algorithm for computing the linking number of two rationally null homologous oriented simple closed curves in a connected, closed, oriented 3-manifold \(M\). The algorithm is given in terms of a presentation of \(M\) as an irregular dihedral three-fold cover of \(\mathbb{S}^3\) branched along a knot \(\alpha\) in \(\mathbb{S}^3\). This is no restriction since every connected, closed, oriented 3-manifold has such a presentation. They apply this result to evaluate one ribbon obstruction of the knot \(\alpha\).

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