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Hyperbolic three-manifolds that embed geodesically

Geometric Topology 2022-08-04 v5 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We prove that every complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold MM that is tessellated into (embedded) right-angled regular polyhedra (dodecahedra or ideal octahedra) embeds geodesically in a complete finite-volume connected orientable hyperbolic 4-manifold WW, which is also tessellated into right-angled regular polytopes (120-cells and ideal 24-cells). If MM is connected, then Vol(WW) < 2492^{49}Vol(MM). This applies for instance to the Borromean link complement. As a consequence, the Borromean link complement bounds geometrically a hyperbolic 4-manifold.

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@article{arxiv.1510.06325,
  title  = {Hyperbolic three-manifolds that embed geodesically},
  author = {Bruno Martelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.06325},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

11 pages, 6 figures. Mistake corrected: the decomposition needs to be "nice" in order to avoid self-adjacent (and hence uncolourable) facets

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