On 4-dimensional 2-handlebodies and 3-manifolds

DOI10.1142/S0218216512501106zbMATH Open1276.57010arXiv1108.2717OpenAlexW2013109684MaRDI QIDQ2920397FDOQ2920397

Authors: Ivelina Bobtcheva, Riccardo Piergallini 

Publication date: 16 October 2012

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that for any n > 3 there exists an equivalence functor from the category of n-fold connected simple coverings of B^3 x [0, 1] branched over ribbon surface tangles up to certain local ribbon moves, to the category Chb^{3+1} of orientable relative 4-dimensional 2-handlebody cobordisms up to 2-deformations. As a consequence, we obtain an equivalence theorem for simple coverings of S^3 branched over links, which provides a complete solution to the long-standing Fox-Montesinos covering moves problem. This last result generalizes to coverings of any degree results by the second author and Apostolakis, concerning respectively the case of degree 3 and 4. We also provide an extension of the equivalence theorem to possibly non-simple coverings of S^3 branched over embedded graphs. Then, we factor the functor above through an equivalence functor from H^r to Chb^{3+1}, where H^r is a universal braided category freely generated by a Hopf algebra object H. In this way, we get a complete algebraic description of the category Chb^{3+1}. From this we derive an analogous description of the category Cob^{2+1} of 2-framed relative 3-dimensional cobordisms, which resolves a problem posed by Kerler.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2717

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zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldbranched covering4-manifoldquantum invariantKirby calculusribbon surfacebraided Hopf algebracovering movestrict monoidal braided category

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Hopf algebras and their applications (16T05) Associative rings and algebras with additional structure (16W99)

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