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Bounding volume by systoles of 3-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2014-02-26 v2 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove a new systolic volume lower bound for non-orientable n-manifolds, involving the stable 1-systole and the codimension 1 systole with coefficients in Z_2. As an application, we prove that Lusternik-Schnirelmann category and systolic category agree for non-orientable closed manifolds of dimension 3, extending our earlier result in the orientable case. Finally, we prove the homotopy invariance of systolic category.

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@article{arxiv.math/0504008,
  title  = {Bounding volume by systoles of 3-manifolds},
  author = {Mikhail G. Katz and Yuli B. Rudyak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504008},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages