Trisecting 4-manifolds

DOI10.2140/GT.2016.20.3097zbMATH Open1372.57033arXiv1205.1565OpenAlexW3103271661MaRDI QIDQ511593FDOQ511593

David Gay, Robion C. Kirby

Publication date: 22 February 2017

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

Abstract: We show that any smooth, closed, oriented, connected 4--manifold can be trisected into three copies of $atura{l}^k(S^{1}imes{B}^3)$, intersecting pairwise in 3--dimensional handlebodies, with triple intersection a closed 2--dimensional surface. Such a trisection is unique up to a natural stabilization operation. This is analogous to the existence, and uniqueness up to stabilization, of Heegaard splittings of 3--manifolds. A trisection of a 4--manifold $X$ arises from a Morse 2--function $G:Xo{B}^2$ and the obvious trisection of $B^2$, in much the same way that a Heegaard splitting of a 3--manifold $Y$ arises from a Morse function $g:Yo{B}^1$ and the obvious bisection of $B^1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1565

zbMATH Keywords

Heegaard splitting4-manifoldtrisectionHeegaard tripleMorse 2-function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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