Finiteness of mapping degrees and ${\rm PSL}(2,{\R})$-volume on graph manifolds
Geometric Topology
2008-10-14 v3 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
For given closed orientable 3-manifolds and let be the set of mapping degrees from to . We address the problem: For which , is finite for all ? The answer is known in Thurston's picture of closed orientable irreducible 3-manifolds unless the target is a non-trivial graph manifold. We prove that for each closed non-trivial graph manifold , is finite for all graph manifold . The proof uses a recently developed standard forms of maps between graph manifolds and the estimation of the -volume for certain class of graph manifolds.
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@article{arxiv.0801.1946,
title = {Finiteness of mapping degrees and ${\rm PSL}(2,{\R})$-volume on graph manifolds},
author = {Pierre Derbez and Shicheng Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1946},
year = {2008}
}
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15 pages 4 figures