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The number of fiberings of a surface bundle over a surface

Geometric Topology 2019-09-20 v2

Abstract

For a closed manifold MM, let Fib(M)(M) be the number of distinct fiberings of MM as a fiber bundle with fiber a closed surface. In this paper we give the first computation of Fib(M)(M) where 1<Fib(M)<1<\text{Fib}(M)<\infty but MM is not a product. In particular, we prove Fib(M)=2(M)=2 for the Atiyah-Kodaira manifold and any finite cover of a trivial surface bundle. We also give an example where Fib(M)=4(M)=4.

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@article{arxiv.1703.06952,
  title  = {The number of fiberings of a surface bundle over a surface},
  author = {Lei Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.06952},
  year   = {2019}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures