Some 3-dimensional transverse C-links (constructions of higher-dimensional C-links, I)

DOI10.2140/GTM.2015.19.367MaRDI QIDQ906853zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Rudolph

Publication date 29 January 2016

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05073, http://msp.org/gtm/2015/19-1/p13.xhtml

zbMATH Keywords

\(3\)-manifolds, \(\mathbb C\)-links

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Milnor fibration; relations with knot theory (32S55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02)

Abstract: By use of a variety of techniques (most based on constructions of quasipositive knots and links, some old and others new), many smooth 3-manifolds are realized as transverse intersections of complex surfaces in complex 3-space with strictly pseudoconvex 5-spheres. These manifolds not only inherit interesting intrinsic structures (eg, they have canonical Stein-fillable contact structures), they also have extrinsic structures of a knot-theoretical nature (eq, the 3-sphere arises in infinitely many distinct ways). This survey is not comprehensive; a number of questions are left open for future work.

Review text

This paper was written as a survey on \(3\)-dimensional transverse \(\mathbb C\)-links, and contains several unanswered questions, proposed for future work. Using a variety of techniques such as old and new constructions of quasipositive links including quasipositive satellites, strongly quasipositive links, partially reoriented Hopf links, quasipositive fibred links, quasipositive links with distinct \(\mathbb C\)-spans, quasipositive orientations of unoriented links, the author shows how many smooth \(3\)-manifolds are realized as transverse intersections of complex surfaces in \(\mathbb C^3\) with strictly pseudoconvex \(5\)-spheres. These manifolds not only inherit interesting intrinsic structures, but also exhibit extrinsic structures of a knot-theoretical nature. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1333.57003].

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