Morse-Novikov numbers, tunnel numbers, and handle numbers of sutured manifolds
Autor: | Baker, Kenneth L., Manjarrez-Gutiérrez, Fabiola |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
Popis: | Developed from geometric arguments for bounding the Morse-Novikov number of a link in terms of its tunnel number, we obtain upper and lower bounds on the handle number of a Heegaard splitting of a sutured manifold $(M,\gamma)$ in terms of the handle number of its decompositions along a surface representing a given 2nd homology class. Fixing the sutured structure $(M,\gamma)$, this leads us to develop the handle number function $h \colon H_2(M,\partial M;\mathbb{R}) \to \mathbb{N}$ which is bounded, constant on rays from the origin, and locally maximal. Furthermore, for an integral class $\xi$, $h(\xi)=0$ if and only if the decomposition of $(M,\gamma)$ along some surface representing $\xi$ is a product manifold. Comment: Comments welcome |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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