Euler characteristics of generalized Haken manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.3701zbMATH Open1314.57021arXiv1402.7096OpenAlexW3104267236MaRDI QIDQ488588FDOQ488588

Allan L. Edmonds, Michael W. Davis

Publication date: 26 January 2015

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

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.

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)

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