scholarly journals Cusps of hyperbolic 4‐manifolds and rational homology spheres

Author(s):  
Leonardo Ferrari ◽  
Alexander Kolpakov ◽  
Leone Slavich
2007 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUYA KODA

AbstractLet K be a knot in a rational homology sphere M. In this paper we correlate the Alexander polynomial of K with a g-word cyclic presentation for the fundamental group of the strongly-cyclic covering of M branched over K. We also give a formula for the order of the first homology group of the strongly-cyclic branched covering.


2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (05) ◽  
pp. 1250042 ◽  
Author(s):  
DELPHINE MOUSSARD

In this paper, we give a classification of Alexander modules of null-homologous knots in rational homology spheres. We characterize these modules [Formula: see text] equipped with their Blanchfield forms ϕ, and the modules [Formula: see text] such that there is a unique isomorphism class of [Formula: see text], and we prove that for the other modules [Formula: see text], there are infinitely many such classes. We realize all these [Formula: see text] by explicit knots in ℚ-spheres.


Author(s):  
Marco Golla ◽  
Kyle Larson

We give simple homological conditions for a rational homology 3-sphere $Y$ to have infinite order in the rational homology cobordism group $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E9}_{\mathbb{Q}}^{3}$ , and for a collection of rational homology spheres to be linearly independent. These translate immediately to statements about knot concordance when $Y$ is the branched double cover of a knot, recovering some results of Livingston and Naik. The statements depend only on the homology groups of the 3-manifolds, but are proven through an analysis of correction terms and their behavior under connected sums.


2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Boyer ◽  
Krzysztof Galicki

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 703-711
Author(s):  
CARL J. STITZ

In this paper we find a method to compute the classical Seifert-Threlfall linking number for rational homology spheres without using 2-chains bounded by the curves in question. By using a Heegaard diagram for the manifold, we describe link isotopy combinatorially using the three traditional Reidemeister moves along with a fourth move which is essentially a Kirby move along the characteristic curves. This result is mathematical folklore which we set in print. We then use this combinatorial description of link isotopy to develop and prove the invariance of linking numbers. Once the linking numbers are in place, matrix invariants such as the Alexander polynomial can be computed.


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