Volume of Seifert representations for graph manifolds and their finite covers

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12877arXiv2006.14770MaRDI QIDQ6203099FDOQ6203099

Yi Liu, Shicheng Wang, Pierre Derbez

Publication date: 26 March 2024

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For any closed orientable 3-manifold, there is a volume function defined on the space of all Seifert representations of the fundamental group. The maximum absolute value of this function agrees with the Seifert volume of the manifold due to Brooks and Goldman. For any Seifert representation of a graph manifold, the authors establish an effective formula for computing its volume, and obtain restrictions to the representation as analogous to the Milnor--Wood inequality (about transversely projective foliations on Seifert fiber spaces). It is shown that the Seifert volume of any graph manifold is a rational multiple of $p{i}^2$. Among all finite covers of a given non-geometric graph manifold, the supremum ratio of the Seifert volume over the covering degree can be a positive number, and can be infinite. Examples of both possibilities are discovered, and confirmed, with the explicit values determined for the finite ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14770

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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