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We introduce an invariant linked to some foundational questions in geometric measure theory and provide bounds on this invariant by decomposing an arbitrary cycle into uniformly rectifiable pieces. Our invariant measures the difficulty of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-21 Robert Young

We prove that the problem of deciding whether a 2- or 3-dimensional simplicial complex embeds into $\mathbb{R}^3$ is NP-hard. Our construction also shows that deciding whether a 3-manifold with boundary tori admits an $\mathbb{S}^{3}$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Arnaud de Mesmay , Yo'av Rieck , Eric Sedgwick , Martin Tancer

We work in the smooth category. Let N be a closed connected n-manifold and assume that m>n+2. Denote by E^m(N) the set of embeddings N -> R^m up to isotopy. The group E^m(S^n) acts on E^m(N) by embedded connected sum of a manifold and a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-09-11 Arkadiy Skopenkov

We construct an invariant of 3-manifolds using a modification of the Kontsevich integral and Kirby's calculus. This invariant, as expected in perturbative Chern-Simon theory, takes values in the algebra of oriented 3-valent graphs. This…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Thang T. Q. Le , Jun Murakami , Tomotada Ohtsuki

In this survey article we describe different ways of embedding fillings of contact 3-manifolds into closed symplectic 4-manifolds.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Burak Ozbagci

We study symplectic geometry of rationally connected $3$-folds. The first result shows that rationally connectedness is a symplectic deformation invariant in dimension $3$. If a rationally connected $3$-fold $X$ is Fano or $b_2(X)=2$, we…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Zhiyu Tian

In a previous paper, we proved a number of optimal rigidity results for Riemannian manifolds of dimension greater than four whose curvature satisfy an integral pinching. In this article, we use the same integral Bochner technique to extend…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-01 Vincent Bour , Gilles Carron

We give combinatorial descriptions of the Heegaard Floer homology groups for arbitrary three-manifolds (with coefficients in Z/2). The descriptions are based on presenting the three-manifold as an integer surgery on a link in the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Ciprian Manolescu , Peter Ozsvath , Dylan Thurston

We classify rotary (orientably-regular) maps whose underlying graphs are multicycles. For the multicycle $\mathrm{C}_n^{(\lambda)}$ of length $n$ and edge-multiplicity $\lambda$, we determine all rotary embeddings for $n\geqslant 3$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Zhaochen Ding , Zheng Guo , Luyi Liu

We prove a transversality "lifting property" for compactified configuration spaces as an application of the multijet transversality theorem: the submanifold of configurations of points on an arbitrary submanifold of Euclidean space may be…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-04-01 Jason Cantarella , Elizabeth Denne , John McCleary

A census is presented of all closed non-orientable 3-manifold triangulations formed from at most seven tetrahedra satisfying the additional constraints of minimality and P^2-irreducibility. The eight different 3-manifolds represented by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-12-21 Benjamin A. Burton

We prove a number of new restrictions on the enumerative properties of homology manifolds and semi-Eulerian complexes and posets. These include a determination of the affine span of the fine $h$-vector of balanced semi-Eulerian complexes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-09-26 Ed Swartz

We define an invariant of triple-point-free immersions of $2$-spheres into Euclidean $3$-space, taking values in $l^1(\mathbb{Z})$. It remains unchanged under regular homotopies through such immersions. An explicit description of its image…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Jona Seidel

We investigate constraints on embeddings of a non-orientable surface in a $4$-manifold with the homology of $M \times I$, where $M$ is a rational homology $3$-sphere. The constraints take the form of inequalities involving the genus and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Ira M. Gessel , Adam Simon Levine , Daniel Ruberman , Saso Strle

We show how the space of complex spin structures of a closed oriented three-manifold embeds naturally into a space of quadratic functions associated to its linking pairing. Besides, we extend the Goussarov-Habiro theory of finite type…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-12-01 Florian Deloup , Gwenael Massuyeau

P. M. Akhmetiev used a controlled version of the stable Hopf invariant to show that any (continuous) map N -> M between stably parallelizable compact n-manifolds, n\ne 1,2,3,7, is realizable in R^{2n}, i.e. the composition of f with an…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sergey A. Melikhov

An invariant is introduced for negative definite plumbed $3$-manifolds equipped with a spin$^c$-structure. It unifies and extends two theories with rather different origins and structures. One theory is lattice cohomology, motivated by the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Rostislav Akhmechet , Peter K. Johnson , Vyacheslav Krushkal

We classify isotopy classes of automorphisms (self-homeomorphisms) of 3-manifolds satisfying the Thurston Geometrization Conjecture. The classification is similar to the classification of automorphisms of surfaces developed by Nielsen and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Leonardo N. Carvalho , Ulrich Oertel

A Riemann-Cartan manifold is a Riemannian manifold endowed with an affine connection which is compatible with the metric tensor. This affine connection is not necessarily torsion free. Under the assumption that the manifold is a homogeneous…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Cristina Draper , Antonio Garvín , Francisco J. Palomo

We introduce a homology surgery problem in dimension 3 which has the property that the vanishing of its algebraic obstruction leads to a canonical class of \pi-algebraically-split links in 3-manifolds with fundamental group \pi . Using this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Stavros Garoufalidis , Jerome Levine