Dual 2-complexes in 4-manifolds

arXivmath/0009234MaRDI QIDQ6470643FDOQ6470643

Frank Quinn

Publication date: 27 September 2000

Abstract: Concerns decompositions of smooth 4-manifolds as the union of two handlebodies, each with handles of index <=2 (``Heegard decompositions).Sample result: Two 2-complexes are (up to 2-deformation) dual spines of a Heegard decomposition of the 4-sphere if and only if they satisfy the conclusions of the Alexander-Lefshetz duality theorem ($H_{1}Ksimeq{H}^{2}L$ and $H_{2}Ksimeq{H}^{1}L$).

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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