A homological estimate for the Thurston norm
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We establish a new homological lower bound for the Thurston norm on 1-cohomology of 3-manifolds. This generalizes previous results of C. McMullen, S. Harvey, and the author. We also establish an analogous lower bound for 1-cohomology of 2-dimensional CW-complexes.
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@article{arxiv.math/0207267,
title = {A homological estimate for the Thurston norm},
author = {Vladimir Turaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0207267},
year = {2007}
}
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32 pages, no figures