Questions tagged [handle-decomposition]
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Complement of Donaldson divisors in dimension 4
Let $(X,\omega)$ be a symplectic 4-manifold such that $\omega$ has a rational cohomology class. I am interested in Donaldson divisors (surfaces) $D$ in $(X,\omega)$ whose complement is a 1-handle body....
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Are there invariants of cell complexes similar to the Euler characteristic?
The Euler characteristic is an invariant (under homeomorphism) of manifolds that can be computed from a cellulation by (weighted) counting of different kinds of objects, namely
\begin{equation}
\chi=\...
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What's a completely computational/syntactical model for handle decompositions of manifolds?
Simplicial sets, CW complexes
Simplicial sets can be described completely algebraically, by specifying a family of sets, and maps between them satisfying certain relations. This description can be ...
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Cap product for (co)homology from handle decompositions/Kirby diagrams
Since handle decompositions and Morse functions are intimately related, I'm imagining that a given explicit handle decomposition allows for an explicit description of the cellular complex and thus of (...
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Different Heegaard splittings of a 3-manifold
I want to study same 3-manifolds with different Heegaard splitings.
Of course one has stabilization, but even with the same genus, we have different Heegaard splittings.
If we encode a 3-manifolds by ...
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Are there Kirby diagrams with 3-handles?
Let $M\colon \partial_- M \to \partial_+ M$ be an oriented, compact cobordism. Assume that there is a handle decomposition with at most one 0-handle, and denote the handle bodies by $M_i, i \in \{0,\...
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Handle decompositions using only 1-handles
Let $\Sigma$ be an oriented, compact, connected 2-manifold with boundary. Assume that its boundary is equipped with a disjoint union decomposition into two non-empty parts:
$$\partial\Sigma=\partial_{...
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Generalizations of the handle trading techniques
As Theorem 8.1 in "Lectures on the h-cobordism theorem (written by J.Milnor)" show, we can choose a handle decomposition of cobordism (satisfying some connectivity and dimensional assumptions) with no ...
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Handle attachment in symplectic category
It is known that for an exact symplectic manifold $(M,\omega_M)$ with a convex boundary $(\partial M,\theta_M)$, where $d\theta_M=\omega_M$ (usually called a Liouville domain), one can attachment to ...
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Does there always exist a sequence of handle moves between handle decompositions that does not increase index? (+ ref. request)
Reference request: Firstly, I'm looking for a proof of the following well-known result about handle decompositions:
($\ast$) Given two handle decompositions of a smooth $n$-manifold $M$, there ...
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Is complex surface in CP(3) a two handlebody?
Consider a complex surface given by homogeneous equation in $\mathbb{C}P^3$. Without loss of generality, take
\begin{equation}
S = \{[x:y:z:w] \in \mathbb{C}P^3~ |~ x^d + y^d + z^d + w^d = 0\}
\end{...
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Does every compact manifold exhibit an almost global chart
Let $M$ be a compact connected manifold.
Is there a chart $\Psi:U \to \mathbb{R}^n$ such that the closure of $U$ is $M$?
This is true for $S^n, T^n, K$, all compact surfaces, etc.
If it is not true in ...
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Handlebody decomposition of a 3-manifold adapted to a link
Given a compact connected 3-manifold $M$ with non-empty boundary, and a link $L \subset M$, is there a handlebody decomposition of $M = H^0 \cup (\cup_i H^1_i) \cup \{\text{2-handles}\}$ such that:
$...
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What are Kirby diagrams of candidate exotic 4-manifolds?
It is an open problem whether there exist smooth manifolds homeomorphic, but not diffeomorphic to the standard $S^4$. The same is true for the 4-torus and several other manifolds. Handle ...
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Uniqueness of the Smooth Structure on a Handle Attachment [closed]
I posted this question on math stack exchange and didn't receive an answer. If it is too elementary for this forum I will be happy to delete it.
Let $M^m$ be a smooth manifold with boundary. We may ...
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Self-indexing Morse functions on non-compact manifolds
Hi,
given a compact manifold M we can always alter a given Morse function f to a self-indexing one (i.e., one where every critical point c has $f(c) = \operatorname{index}(c)$) - a proof of this may ...
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Heegaard splitting, equivalent homeomorphisms, mapping class group of genus n-torus
Given a Heegaard splitting of genus $n$, and two distinct orientation preserving homeomorphisms, elements of the mapping class group of the genus $n$ torus, is there a method which shows whether or ...
