BRANCHED SHADOWS AND COMPLEX STRUCTURES ON 4-MANIFOLDS

DOI10.1142/S0218216508006683zbMATH Open1177.32016arXivmath/0502292OpenAlexW1977296706MaRDI QIDQ3602970FDOQ3602970

Authors: Francesco Costantino 

Publication date: 12 February 2009

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

Abstract: We define and study branched shadows of 4-manifolds as a combination of branched spines of 3-manifolds and Turaev's shadows. We use these objects to combinatorially represent 4-manifolds equipped with $Spi{n}^c$-structures and homotopy classes of almost complex structures. We then use branched shadows to study complex 4-manifolds and prove that each almost complex structure on a 4-handlebody is homotopic to a complex one.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0502292

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zbMATH Keywords

shadowalmost complex structurebranchingspine4-handlebodyTuraev's reconstruction map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Almost complex manifolds (32Q60)

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