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Classification of framed links in 3-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2008-03-29 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We present a short proof of the following Pontryagin theorem, whose original proof was complicated and has never been published in details: {\bf Theorem.} Let MM be a connected oriented closed smooth 3-manifold. Let L1(M)L_1(M) be the set of framed links in MM up to a framed cobordism. Let deg:L1(M)H1(M;Z)\deg:L_1(M)\to H_1(M;\Z) be the map taking a framed link to its homology class. Then for each αH1(M;Z)\alpha\in H_1(M;\Z) there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set deg1α\deg\nolimits^{-1}\alpha and the group Z2d(α)\Bbb Z_{2d(\alpha)}, where d(α)d(\alpha) is the divisibility of the projection of α\alpha to the free part of H1(M;Z)H_1(M;\Bbb Z).

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@article{arxiv.0705.4166,
  title  = {Classification of framed links in 3-manifolds},
  author = {M. Cencelj and D. Repovš and M. Skopenkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.4166},
  year   = {2008}
}

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