Euler characteristics of generalized Haken manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.3701MaRDI QIDQ488588zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael W. Davis, Allan L. Edmonds

Publication date 26 January 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7096

zbMATH Keywords

hierarchyEuler characteristicorbifoldaspherical manifoldCharney-Davis conjectureboundary patternflag triangulationgeneralized homology sphereHaken manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Algebraic topology of manifolds (57N65) Stratifications in topological manifolds (57N80)

Abstract: Haken n-manifolds have been defined and studied by B. Foozwell and H. Rubinstein in analogy with the classical Haken manifolds of dimension 3, based upon the the theory of boundary patterns developed by K. Johannson. The Euler characteristic of a Haken manifold is analyzed and shown to be equal to the sum of the Charney-Davis invariants of the duals of the boundary complexes of the n-cells at the end of a hierarchy. These dual complexes are shown to be flag complexes. It follows that the Charney-Davis Conjecture is equivalent to the Euler Characteristic Sign Conjecture for Haken manifolds. Since the Charney-Davis invariant of a flag simplicial 3-sphere is known to be non-negative it follows that a closed Haken 4-manifold has non-negative Euler characteristic. These results hold as well for generalized Haken manifolds whose hierarchies can end with compact contractible manifolds rather than cells.

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