The toric cobordisms
Algebraic Topology
2007-05-23 v7
Abstract
A smooth closed 3-manifold fibered by tori is characterized by an element . We show that is the boundary of a 4-manifold fibered by tori over a surface such that the bundle structure on is the restriction of the bundle structure on the 4-manifold if and only if is from the commutator subgroup . The notions of oriented and unoriented cobordisms in the class of closed 3-manifolds fibered by tori are introduced. It turns out that in this case the cobordisms form a group, namely in the oriented case and in the unoriented one. When the surface on the base of oriented cobordism is orientable, it is shown that its minimal genus can be calculated by Culler's algorithm.
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@article{arxiv.math/0002043,
title = {The toric cobordisms},
author = {Alexandra Mozgova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0002043},
year = {2007}
}
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3 pages, final version