On handlebody structures of rational balls

DOI10.2140/PJM.2017.289.203zbMATH Open1366.57017arXiv1406.1575OpenAlexW2511553700MaRDI QIDQ2397837FDOQ2397837

Authors: Luke Williams 

Publication date: 23 May 2017

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is known that for coprime integers $p>qgeq1$, the lens space $L(p^2,pq-1)$ bounds a rational ball, $B_{p,q}$, arising as the 2-fold branched cover of a (smooth) slice disk in $B^4$ bounding the associated 2-bridge knot. Lekilli and Maydanskiy give handle decompositions for each $B_{p,q}$. Whereas, Yamada gives an alternative definition of rational balls, $A_{m,n}$, bounding $L(p^2,pq-1)$ by their handlebody decompositions alone. We show that these two families coincide - answering a question of Kadokami and Yamada. To that end, we show that each $A_{m,n}$ admits a Stein filling of the "standard" contact structure, $$, on $L(p^2,pq-1)$ investigated by Lisca.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1575

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zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldsrational blow-downhandle calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds (53D35) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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