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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 MM and NN let D¸(M,N)\c{D}(M,N) be the set of mapping degrees from MM to NN. We address the problem: For which NN, D¸(M,N)\c{D}(M,N) is finite for all MM? 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 NN, D¸(M,N)\c{D}(M,N) is finite for all graph manifold MM. The proof uses a recently developed standard forms of maps between graph manifolds and the estimation of the PSL~(2,R)\widetilde{\rm PSL}(2,{\R})-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

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