Representing 3-manifolds by Dehn spheres

Let M be a closed orientable 3-manifold. A Dehn sphere S is a 2-sphere immersed in M with only double curve and triple point singularities. S fills M if S defines a cell decomposition of M. It is proven that every closed orientable 3-manifold has a filling Dehn sphere. Examples are given, and Johans...

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Autor: Montesinos Amilibia, José María
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60752
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60752
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:515.164
3-manifold
Dehn sphere
Johansson diagram
Heegaard diagram
Geometría diferencial
Topología
1204.04 Geometría Diferencial
1210 Topología
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Sumario:Let M be a closed orientable 3-manifold. A Dehn sphere S is a 2-sphere immersed in M with only double curve and triple point singularities. S fills M if S defines a cell decomposition of M. It is proven that every closed orientable 3-manifold has a filling Dehn sphere. Examples are given, and Johansson diagrams are proposed as a method for representing all closed orientable 3-manifolds.