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Virtual Betti numbers of genus 2 bundles

Geometric Topology 2014-11-11 v2

Abstract

We show that if M is a surface bundle over S^1 with fiber of genus 2, then for any integer n, M has a finite cover tilde(M) with b_1(tilde(M)) > n. A corollary is that M can be geometrized using only the `non-fiber' case of Thurston's Geometrization Theorem for Haken manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.math/0201118,
  title  = {Virtual Betti numbers of genus 2 bundles},
  author = {Joseph D Masters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0201118},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol6/paper19.abs.html

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