Embedding 3-manifolds in spin 4-manifolds

DOI10.1112/TOPO.12010zbMATH Open1376.57026arXiv1607.06388OpenAlexW3121393368MaRDI QIDQ5359102FDOQ5359102

Authors: Paolo Aceto, Marco Golla, Kyle Larson 

Publication date: 22 September 2017

Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An invariant of orientable 3-manifolds is defined by taking the minimum $n$ such that a given 3-manifold embeds in the connected sum of $n$ copies of $S^{2}imes{S}^2$, and we call this $n$ the embedding number of the 3-manifold. We give some general properties of this invariant, and make calculations for families of lens spaces and Brieskorn spheres. We show how to construct rational and integral homology spheres whose embedding numbers grow arbitrarily large, and which can be calculated exactly if we assume the 11/8-Conjecture. In a different direction we show that any simply connected 4-manifold can be split along a rational homology sphere into a positive definite piece and a negative definite piece.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.06388

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zbMATH Keywords

embedding3-manifoldslens spacesBrieskorn homology spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.) (57R15)

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