We consider homotopy classes of non-singular vector fields on three-manifolds with boundary and we define for these classes torsion invariants of Reidemeister type. We show that torsion is well-defined and equivariant under the action of the appropriate homology group using an elementary and self-contained technique. Namely, we use the theory of branched standard spines to express the difference between two homotopy classes as a combination of well-understood elementary catastrophes. As a special case we are able to reproduce Turaev???s theory of Reidemeister torsion for Euler structures on closed manifolds of dimension three.
Titolo: | Branched Spines of 3-Manifolds and Reidemeister Torsion of Euler Structures |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2001 |
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Abstract: | We consider homotopy classes of non-singular vector fields on three-manifolds with boundary and we define for these classes torsion invariants of Reidemeister type. We show that torsion is well-defined and equivariant under the action of the appropriate homology group using an elementary and self-contained technique. Namely, we use the theory of branched standard spines to express the difference between two homotopy classes as a combination of well-understood elementary catastrophes. As a special case we are able to reproduce Turaev???s theory of Reidemeister torsion for Euler structures on closed manifolds of dimension three. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11389/199 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |