On regular genus and G-degree of PL 4-manifolds with boundary

In this article, we introduce two new PL-invariants: weighted regular genus and weighted G-degree for manifolds with boundary. We first prove two inequalities involving some PL-invariants which states that for any PL-manifold $M$ with non spherical boundary components, the regular genus $\mathcal{G}(M)$ of $M$ is at least the weighted regular genus $\tilde{G}(M)$ of $M$ which is again at least the generalized regular genus $\bar{G}(M)$ of $M$. Another inequality states that the weighted G-degree $\tilde{D}_G (M)$ of $M$ is always greater than or equal to the G-degree $D_G (M)$ of $M$. Let $M$ be any compact connected PL $4$-manifold with $h$ number of non spherical boundary components. Then we compute the following: \tilde{G} (M) \geq 2 \chi(M)+3m+2h-4+2 \hat{m} \mbox{ and } \tilde{D}_G (M) \geq 12(2 \chi(M)+3m+2h-4+2 \hat{m}), where $m$ and $\hat{m}$ are the rank of fundamental groups of $M$ and the corresponding singular manifold $\hat{M}$ (obtained by coning off the boundary components of $M$) respectively. As a consequence we prove that the regular genus $\mathcal{G}(M)$ satisfies the following inequality: $$\mathcal{G} (M) \geq 2 \chi(M)+3m+2h-4+2 \hat{m},$$ which improves the previous known lower bounds for the regular genus $\mathcal{G}(M)$ of $M$. Then we define two classes of gems for PL $4$-manifold $M$ with boundary: one consists of semi-simple and other consists of weak semi-simple gems, and prove that the lower bounds for the weighted G-degree and weighted regular genus are attained in these two classes respectively.Comment: 13 pages, no figur

Lower bounds for regular genus and gem-complexity of PL 4-manifolds

Within crystallization theory, two interesting PL invariants for $d$-manifolds have been introduced and studied, namely {\it gem-complexity} and {\it regular genus}. In the present paper we prove that, for any closed connected PL $4$-manifold $M$, its gem-complexity $\mathit{k}(M)$ and its regular genus $\mathcal G(M)$ satisfy: $$\mathit{k}(M) \ \geq \ 3 \chi (M) + 10m -6 \ \ \ \text{and} \ \ \ \mathcal G(M) \ \geq \ 2 \chi (M) + 5m -4,$$ where $rk(\pi_1(M))=m.$ These lower bounds enable to strictly improve previously known estimations for regular genus and gem-complexity of product 4-manifolds. Moreover, the class of {\it semi-simple crystallizations} is introduced, so that the represented PL 4-manifolds attain the above lower bounds. The additivity of both gem-complexity and regular genus with respect to connected sum is also proved for such a class of PL 4-manifolds, which comprehends all ones of "standard type", involved in existing crystallization catalogues, and their connected sums.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Forum Mathematicu

3-manifolds efficiently bound 4-manifolds

It is known since 1954 that every 3-manifold bounds a 4-manifold. Thus, for instance, every 3-manifold has a surgery diagram. There are several proofs of this fact, including constructive proofs, but there has been little attention to the complexity of the 4-manifold produced. Given a 3-manifold M of complexity n, we show how to construct a 4-manifold bounded by M of complexity O(n^2). Here we measure ``complexity'' of a piecewise-linear manifold by the minimum number of n-simplices in a triangulation. It is an open question whether this quadratic bound can be replaced by a linear bound. The proof goes through the notion of "shadow complexity" of a 3-manifold M. A shadow of M is a well-behaved 2-dimensional spine of a 4-manifold bounded by M. We prove that, for a manifold M satisfying the Geometrization Conjecture with Gromov norm G and shadow complexity S, c_1 G <= S <= c_2 G^2 for suitable constants c_1, c_2. In particular, the manifolds with shadow complexity 0 are the graph manifolds.Comment: 39 pages, 21 figures; added proof for spin case as wel

Computing Matveev's complexity via crystallization theory: the boundary case

The notion of Gem-Matveev complexity has been introduced within crystallization theory, as a combinatorial method to estimate Matveev's complexity of closed 3-manifolds; it yielded upper bounds for interesting classes of such manifolds. In this paper we extend the definition to the case of non-empty boundary and prove that for each compact irreducible and boundary-irreducible 3-manifold it coincides with the modified Heegaard complexity introduced by Cattabriga, Mulazzani and Vesnin. Moreover, via Gem-Matveev complexity, we obtain an estimation of Matveev's complexity for all Seifert 3-manifolds with base $\mathbb D^2$ and two exceptional fibers and, therefore, for all torus knot complements.Comment: 27 pages, 14 figure

Generalized Property R and the Schoenflies Conjecture

There is a relation between the generalized Property R Conjecture and the Schoenflies Conjecture that suggests a new line of attack on the latter. The approach gives a quick proof of the genus 2 Schoenflies Conjecture and suffices to prove the genus 3 case, even in the absence of new progress on the generalized Property R Conjecture.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figure