Hyperelliptic four-manifolds defined by vector-colorings of simple polytopes
Abstract
Toric topology assigns to each simple convex -polytope with facets an -dimensional real moment angle manifold with a canonical action of . We consider (non-necessarily free) actions of subgroups on . The orbit space has an action of . For general we introduce the notion of a Hamiltonian -subcomplex in the boundary of an -polytope generalizing the notions of a Hamiltonian cycle (), Hamiltonian theta-subgraph () and Hamiltonian -subgraph ( in the -skeleton of a -polytope. Each -subcomplex corresponds to a subgroup such that . We prove that in dimensions this correspondence is a bijection. Any subgroup defines a complex . We prove that each Hamiltonian -subcomplex inducing corresponds to a hyperelliptic involution on the manifold (that is, an involution with the orbit space homeomorphic to ) and in dimensions this correspondence is a bijection. We prove that for the geometries , , , , , and there exists a compact right-angled -polytope with a free action of such that the geometric manifold has a hyperelliptic involution in , and for , , and there are no such polytopes.
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@article{arxiv.2407.20575,
title = {Hyperelliptic four-manifolds defined by vector-colorings of simple polytopes},
author = {Nikolai Erokhovets},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.20575},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
38 pages, 1 figure. In new version a connection between Example 4.76 and a recent work by Bruno Martelli on the Ivansic link is described. Some misprints are corrected and small details added