3-manifolds with specific homology are cobordant if homeomorphic.
problem Characterizing integer homology cobordism for Sol manifolds.
method Analyzing first homology groups and using cobordism theory.
result Integer homology cobordant Sol manifolds are homeomorphic.
Paper tackles which 3-spheres bound contractible 4-manifolds or homology 4-balls.
problem Which homology 3-spheres bound contractible 4-manifolds or homology 4-balls?
method Addressed using plumbed 3-manifolds, modified Mazur's argument, and worked with Poénaru manifolds.
result Presented two new infinite families of plumbed 3-manifolds that bound contractible 4-manifolds or homology 4-balls.
The study provides homological characterizations for Q-manifolds and l2-manifolds.
problem Density of maps in characterizing Q-manifolds and l2-manifolds. method Investigates weakening the density of Zn-maps and Z-maps to homological maps. result Obtains homological characterizations for Q-manifolds and l2-manifolds. Spaces are classified as almost homology n-manifolds if their homology groups are trivial for all but the last dimension.
problem Classifying spaces as almost homology n-manifolds.
method Providing a necessary and sufficient condition for locally compact homogeneous ANR-spaces or strongly locally homogeneous ANR-spaces to be almost homology n-manifolds.
result Spaces are classified as almost homology n-manifolds based on their homology groups.
Proves complex homology three-spheres can be bounded by many handles.
problem Complex homology three-spheres and their bounding four-manifolds.
method Uses homology cobordism invariant Γ from instanton Floer homology.
result Any bounding four-manifold must be built out of many handles.
This is the fourth of five papers that construct an isomorphism between the Seiberg-Witten Floer homology and the Heegaard Floer homology of a given compact, oriented 3-manifold. The isomorphism is given as a composition of three isomorphisms; the first of these relates a version of embedded contact homology on an an a…
Lecture notes on Heegaard Floer homology for 3-manifolds and knots.
problem Understanding Heegaard Floer homology for 3-manifolds and knots.
method Explains Heegaard diagrams, Heegaard Floer homology, and knot Floer homology.
result Relationship between knot and 3-manifold invariants.
New hyperbolic manifolds show exponential homology torsion growth.
problem Understanding growth of torsion in homology groups of hyperbolic manifolds.
method Constructed a family of hyperbolic manifolds with specific growth properties.
result Demonstrated that recent bound on homological torsion is asymptotically sharp.
Paper connects homologically fibered links to solutions of equations.
problem Existence of homologically fibered links in 3-manifolds.
method Interprets existence in terms of first homology group and torsion linking form, or surgery diagrams.
result Computes hc for specific 3-manifolds.
Survey of bordered Floer homology for 3-manifolds with boundary.
problem Computing invariants for 3-manifolds with boundary.
method Extends Heegaard Floer homology to include boundary.
result Powerful computational tools for 3-manifolds with boundary.
We give a complete classification of the spherical 3-manifolds that bound smooth rational homology 4-balls. Furthermore, we determine the order of spherical 3-manifolds in the rational homology cobordism group of rational homology 3-spheres. To this end, we use constraints for 3-manifolds to bound rational homology bal…
Sutured manifolds defined by Gabai are useful in the geometrical study of knots and 3-dimensional manifolds. On the other hand, homology cylinders are in an important position in the recent theory of homology cobordisms of surfaces and finite-type invariants. We study a relationship between them by focusing on sutured …
Paper classifies Heegaard Floer minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
problem Classifying minimal knots in sutured manifolds.
method Uses Heegaard Floer homology.
result Agrees with instanton Floer homology classification when applicable.
Proves lattice homology equals Heegaard Floer homology for certain 3-manifolds.
problem Equivalence of lattice homology and Heegaard Floer homology for specific 3-manifolds.
method Proves conjecture using plumbing of disk bundles over S^2.
result Lattice homology equals Heegaard Floer homology for 3-manifolds with specified properties.
The paper constructs new rational homology 3-spheres bounding rational homology 4-balls.
problem Constructing rational homology 3-spheres that bound rational homology 4-balls.
method Exploring plumbed 3-manifolds and using rational homology circles.
result Infinite families of rational homology 3-spheres that bound rational homology 4-balls.
Floer homology vanishes on certain 3-manifolds formed by knots and their mirrors.
problem Understanding the homology cobordism group of 3-manifolds formed by knots and their mirrors.
method Using involutive Floer homology and gauge theory.
result Locally trivial involutive Floer homology on certain splices of knots and their mirrors.
Study shows configuration spaces' homological dimension increases monotonically.
problem Understanding the homological properties of configuration spaces of manifolds.
method Analyzing the homological monotonicity of unordered configuration spaces of manifolds.
result Homological dimension of configuration spaces increases monotonically in each degree.
Study shows inequality in Floer homologies for 3-manifold covers.
problem Establishing an inequality between Heegaard Floer homologies of branched covers.
method Using Heegaard Floer homology, the study establishes an inequality for dimensions of homologies of 3-manifold covers.
result An inequality is established between the dimensions of Heegaard Floer homologies of branched covers.
Classifies torus bundles bounding 4-manifolds with rational homology.
problem Classifying torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
method Completely classified torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
result Completely classified torus bundles over the circle that bound 4-manifolds with rational homology.
This paper uses Steenrod homology to simplify surgery on generalized manifolds.
problem Simplifying the surgery process on generalized manifolds.
method Develops Steenrod homology theory to avoid geometric splitting in surgery.
result Constructs elements of Steenrod homology groups for generalized manifolds.
New indefinite false theta functions match homological blocks for a specific 3-manifold.
problem Constructing homological blocks for certain 3-manifolds.
method Developing indefinite false theta functions and proving their equivalence to homological blocks.
result Indefinite false theta functions match homological blocks for the Poincaré homology sphere.
Generalizes inequality for complete manifolds involving homology classes.
problem Volume and simplicial volume inequality for closed manifolds.
method Extends inequality to ℓ1-norm of homology classes on complete manifolds. result Inequality involving critical exponent and mass of homology classes.
The study characterizes homology 4-manifolds with g2≤5 combinatorially.
problem Characterizing homology 4-manifolds with specific g2 values. method Combinatorial approach using various operations on triangulated 4-spheres.
result Homology 4-manifolds with g2≤5 are triangulated spheres and can be derived from 4-spheres with g2≤2. Homological stability fails for 4-manifold moduli spaces, detected by new class.
problem Homological instability for moduli spaces of 4-manifolds.
method Used Seiberg-Witten equations to construct a new characteristic class.
result Homological discrepancy between smooth and topological 4-manifold moduli spaces.
New homology q2 from 3D cobordism to integers.
problem Understanding 4-manifolds with boundary and their homology.
method Instanton homology with Z/2 coefficients. result Found a non-linear homomorphism q2 with bounds on 4-manifolds. The Bryant-Ferry-Mio-Weinberger surgery exact sequence for high-dimensional compact ANR homology manifolds is used to obtain transversality, splitting and bordism results for homology manifolds, generalizing previous work of Johnston.
The main result of this paper is that any 3-dimensional manifold with a finite group action is equivariantly, invertibly homology cobordant to a hyperbolic manifold; this result holds with suitable twisted coefficients as well. The following two consequences motivated this work. First, there are hyperbolic equivarian…
It is known that every closed oriented 3-manifold is homology cobordant to a hyperbolic 3-manifold. By contrast we show that many homology cobordism classes contain no Seifert fibered 3-manifold. This is accomplished by determining the isomorphism type of the rational cohomology ring of all Seifert fibered 3-manifolds …
Extend Kauffman bracket skein module to homology theory using Heegaard splittings
problem Extend Kauffman bracket skein module to homology theory
method Combinatorial approach using Heegaard splittings
result Homology theory depends on Heegaard splittings
We define a model for the homology of manifolds and use it to describe the intersection product on the homology of compact oriented manifolds and to define homological quantum field theories which generalizes the notions of string topology introduced by Chas and Sullivan and homotopy quantum field theories introduced b…
New examples show immersions not homologous to embeddings.
problem Tackles the question of immersions vs. embeddings in manifolds.
method Provides examples showing immersions not homologous to embeddings.
result Double points represent non-trivial homology classes.
New technique connects instanton Floer homology to Heegaard diagrams for knots and 3-manifolds.
problem Accessing structural properties of instanton Floer homology.
method Developed a new technique using Heegaard diagrams and sutures.
result Established a relation between instanton knot homology and Heegaard diagrams for (1,1)-knots. New invariants derived from link homology for 4-manifolds.
problem Creating invariants for surfaces in smooth 4-manifolds.
method Skein lasagna modules based on equivariant and deformed glN link homology. result Non-vanishing and decomposition results for deformed glN skein lasagna modules. Using the link surgery formula for Heegaard Floer homology we find a spectral sequence from the lattice homology of a plumbing tree to the Heegaard Floer homology of the corresponding 3-manifold. This spectral sequence shows that for graphs with at most two "bad" vertices, the lattice homology is isomorphic to the Heeg…
Bordered Floer homology assigns invariants to 3-manifolds with boundary, such that the Heegaard Floer homology of a closed 3-manifold, split into two pieces, can be recovered as a tensor product of the bordered invariants of the pieces. We construct cornered Floer homology invariants of 3-manifolds with codimension-2 c…
The based loop space homology of a special family of homogeneous spaces, flag manifolds of connected compact Lie groups is studied. First, the rational homology of the based loop space on a complete flag manifold is calculated together with its Pontrjagin structure. Second, it is shown that the integral homology of the…
This paper extends homological stability results for configuration spaces of manifolds.
problem Homological stability of configuration spaces of manifolds.
method Analyzing the cohomology of configuration spaces of manifolds, focusing on stability in odd and even degrees.
result The stable range for homology groups of configuration spaces depends on the dimension of the manifold and the number of configuration points.
This study examines torsion homology in Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds, extending knot theory concepts.
problem Investigating torsion homology in Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds.
method Adapting knot theory concepts to Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds and extending to higher homology groups.
result Torsion grows exponentially in H1 and H2 for Inoue surfaces of type S0. Researchers compute knot invariants in Seifert manifolds using Wilson loops.
problem Calculating BPS invariants for knots in Seifert manifolds.
method Analytically continued Chern-Simons level and representation from Wilson loop operator.
result Homological blocks for knots in Seifert manifolds and Seifert integer homology spheres.
A criterion for Whitney disks connects intersections in 3-manifold homology.
problem Existence of Whitney disks in Heegaard Floer homology.
method Use Nielsen theory to establish a criterion.
result Simple criterion for the existence of Whitney disks.
Study homology manifolds using spectral sheaves and spectral six functor formalism.
problem Characterize and understand homology manifolds through spectral sheaves.
method Adapt six functor formalism to spectral sheaves on locally compact Hausdorff spaces.
result Prove that compact ANR homology manifolds are Poincaré duality complexes.
In~\cite{rotvandervorst} a homology theory --Morse-Conley-Floer homology-- for isolated invariant sets of arbitrary flows on finite dimensional manifolds is developed. In this paper we investigate functoriality and duality of this homology theory. As a preliminary we investigate functoriality in Morse homology. Functor…
Holomorphic Koszul-Brylinski homology studied via Dolbeault cohomology.
problem Investigating holomorphic Koszul-Brylinski homology on Poisson manifolds.
method Using Dolbeault cohomology to derive properties of holomorphic Koszul-Brylinski homology.
result Obtained the Leray-Hirsch theorem, Mayer-Vietoris sequence, and Künneth theorem for holomorphic Koszul-Brylinski homology.
Let K be a rationally null-homologous knot in a three-manifold Y. We construct a version of knot Floer homology in this context, including a description of the Floer homology of a three-manifold obtained as Morse surgery on the knot K. As an application, we express the Heegaard Floer homology of rational surgerie…
We investigate rational homology cobordisms of 3-manifolds with non-zero first Betti number. This is motivated by the natural generalization of the slice-ribbon conjecture to multicomponent links. In particular we consider the problem of which rational homology S1×S2's bound rational homology S1×D3'…
The study examines hyperbolic 3-manifolds with uniform spectral gaps for coclosed 1-forms.
problem Understanding the spectral gap for coclosed 1-forms in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Constructing sequences of manifolds and analyzing their spectral properties and homology growth.
result Sequences of hyperbolic manifolds can have uniform spectral gaps for coclosed 1-forms but unbounded torsion homology growth.
This paper studies knots in sutured manifolds achieving minimum instanton homology rank.
problem Properties of knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds.
method Analyzes sutured manifolds and instanton homology to find knots achieving minimum rank.
result Knots achieving minimum instanton homology rank in sutured manifolds are the unknot.
For Morse-Smale pairs on a smooth, closed manifold the Morse-Smale-Witten chain complex can be defined. The associated Morse homology is isomorphic to the singular homology of the manifold and yields the classical Morse relations for Morse functions. A similar approach can be used to define homological invariants for i…