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The toric cobordisms

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v7

Abstract

A smooth closed 3-manifold MM fibered by tori T2T^2 is characterized by an element ϕGL(2,Z)\phi \in GL(2,\mathbb{Z}). We show that MM is the boundary of a 4-manifold fibered by tori over a surface such that the bundle structure on MM is the restriction of the bundle structure on the 4-manifold if and only if ϕ\phi is from the commutator subgroup (GL(2,Z))(GL(2,\mathbb{Z}))'. 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 Z12\mathbb{Z}_{12} in the oriented case and Z2Z2\mathbb{Z}_{2}\oplus\mathbb{Z}_{2} 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