Essential loops found in taut ideal triangulations.
problem Finding essential loops in taut ideal triangulations.
method Combinatorialisation of Novikov's technique.
result Vertical or normal loops are essential in the fundamental group.
A taut ideal triangulation of a 3-manifold is a topological ideal triangulation with extra combinatorial structure: a choice of transverse orientation on each ideal 2-simplex, satisfying two simple conditions. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that taut ideal triangulations are very common, and that their behavio…
This is the second in a series of papers in which we investigate ideal triangulations of the interiors of compact 3-manifolds with tori or Klein bottle boundaries. Such triangulations have been used with great effect, following the pioneering work of Thurston. Ideal triangulations are the basis of the computer program …
Agol recently introduced the concept of a veering taut triangulation, which is a taut triangulation with some extra combinatorial structure. We define the weaker notion of a "veering triangulation" and use it to show that all veering triangulations admit strict angle structures. We also answer a question of Agol, givin…
New triangulations encode flows with vanishing polynomial.
problem Constructing veering triangulations with vanishing taut polynomial.
method Using connections between veering triangulations and pseudo-Anosov flows.
result Created arbitrarily large veering triangulations with vanishing taut polynomial.
Developed algorithms to compute three polynomial invariants of veering triangulations.
problem Computing polynomial invariants of veering triangulations.
method Introduced and used algorithms for taut, veering, and Teichmüller polynomials based on upper and lower tracks of veering triangulations.
result Proved that the lower and upper taut polynomials are equal but the veering polynomials can differ.
There are many fundamental algorithmic problems on triangulated 3-manifolds whose complexities are unknown. Here we study the problem of finding a taut angle structure on a 3-manifold triangulation, whose existence has implications for both the geometry and combinatorics of the triangulation. We prove that detecting ta…
The taut polynomial equals a twisted Alexander polynomial.
problem Understanding the relationship between taut polynomials and Alexander polynomials.
method Defined taut polynomial of veering triangulations and proved it equals a twisted Alexander polynomial.
result The taut polynomial equals a twisted Alexander polynomial of the underlying manifold.
Let M be a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold with a fibered face σ of the unit ball of the Thurston norm on H2(M). If M satisfies a certain condition related to Agol's veering triangulations, we construct a taut branched surface in M spanning σ. This partially answers a 1985 question of Oertel, and extends an e…
New 3D shapes found without certain flows.
problem Finding 3D shapes without specific flows.
method Using foliations and pseudo-Anosov flows, analyzing cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result First examples of 3D shapes without veering triangulations.
The study proves poor ideal three-edge triangulations are minimal for certain 3-manifolds.
problem Finding minimal ideal triangulations for specific 3-manifolds.
method Analyzing properties of poor ideal three-edge triangulations and applying them to construct minimal triangulations.
result Poor ideal three-edge triangulations are proven to be minimal for certain 3-manifolds.
Combinatorial description of 3-manifolds using ordered triangulations.
problem Understanding closed 3-manifolds through ideal triangulations.
method Combining ordered ideal triangulations and Pachner moves.
result Closed 3-manifolds can be described via ordered triangulations and moves.
Minimal ideal triangulations studied for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Finding minimal triangulations of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Characterization of low degree edges, layered solid torus subcomplexes, and 1-dimensional cohomology.
result Monodromy ideal triangulations of once-punctured torus bundles are minimal.
Veering triangulations link Thurston norm and isotopy of surfaces.
problem Understanding the relationship between Thurston norm and isotopy of surfaces.
method Analyzing veering triangulations and their relation to Thurston norm and isotopy.
result Veering triangulations specify faces of Thurston norm balls and link isotopy of surfaces.
Proof of existence for ideal triangulations that normalize fibers in certain 3-manifolds.
problem Existence of ideal triangulations that normalize fibers in specific 3-manifolds.
method Proof and algorithm construction for ideal triangulations.
result Existence of ideal triangulations that normalize fibers in certain 3-manifolds.
Efficient triangulations help in understanding 3-manifold boundaries.
problem Understanding boundary slopes in 3-manifolds.
method Introducing and studying boundary-efficient triangulations and inflating ideal triangulations.
result There are only finitely many boundary slopes for incompressible and \(\partial\)-incompressible surfaces in compact 3-manifolds.
We give a simple method to find ideal points of the character variety of a 3-manifold from an ideal triangulation.
Infinite type surfaces can be perfectly divided into triangles.
problem Triangulating surfaces of infinite type.
method Showed arcs can be completed into triangulations if they intersect curves a finite number of times.
result Any surface of infinite type admits an ideal triangulation.
Starting with an ideal triangulation of the interior of a compact 3-manifold M with boundary, no component of which is a 2-sphere, we provide a construction, called an inflation of the ideal triangulation, to obtain a strongly related triangulations of M itself. Besides a step-by-step algorithm for such a construction,…
3-manifolds have covers with infinitely many ideal triangulations.
problem Proving the existence of infinitely many geometric ideal triangulations in certain 3-manifolds.
method Using separability of peripheral subgroups and conjugacy separability theorems.
result Every cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold has a cover with infinitely many geometric ideal triangulations.
We generalise work of Young-Eun Choi to the setting of ideal triangulations with vertex links of arbitrary genus, showing that the set of all (possibly incomplete) hyperbolic cone-manifold structures realised by positively oriented hyperbolic ideal tetrahedra on a given topological ideal triangulation and with prescrib…
Bounding shears in ideal triangulations on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Bounding shears in ideal triangulations on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Showing an ideal triangulation with bounded shear parameters on hyperbolic surfaces.
result An upper bound on shear parameters depends logarithmically on the surface's topology.
New isolated geometric triangulations found in once-punctured torus bundles.
problem Identifying isolated geometric triangulations in 3-manifolds.
method Examining ideal triangulations and their moves to find isolated geometric ones.
result Infinite family of once-punctured torus bundles with isolated geometric triangulations.
This paper considers "geometric" ideal triangulations of cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds, i.e. decompositions into positive volume ideal hyperbolic tetrahedra. We exhibit infinitely many geometric ideal triangulations of the figure eight knot complement. As far as we know, this is the first construction of infinitely man…
Establishes connection between Alexander polynomials and triangulations.
problem Alexander polynomials and their variants for knots.
method Introduces twisted Neumann--Zagier matrices for ideal triangulations.
result Formulas for Alexander polynomial and its variants.
The paper proves ideal triangulations and disk unfolding for singular flat surfaces.
problem Proving ideal triangulations and disk unfolding for singular flat surfaces.
method Using geodesic triangulation and finite geodesic connections.
result Each singular flat surface has an ideal triangulation and can be unfolded into a flat disk.
Paper finds infinite family of minimal triangulations for complex 3D shapes.
problem Finding minimal ideal triangulations for complex 3D shapes.
method Examined Dehn fillings on specific links to find minimal triangulations.
result Found an infinite family of minimal ideal triangulations for a specific type of 3D shape.
New triangulations for twist knots, proving volume conjecture.
problem Computing the volume of twist knot complements.
method Ideal triangulations and H-triangulations, using Thurston's method and volume functional.
result Proved the Teichmüller TQFT volume conjecture for all twist knots.
A taut foliation of a hyperbolic 3-manifold has the continuous extension property for leaves in almost every direction; that is, for each leaf of the universal cover of the foliation and almost every geodesic ray in the leaf, the limit of the ray in the universal cover of the 3-manifold is a well-defined point in the i…
New method to parametrize infinite Riemann surfaces with bounded triangulations.
problem Parametrizing infinite Riemann surfaces with bounded triangulations.
method Introducing bounded ideal triangulations and proving real-analyticity of the parametrization.
result Real-analytic parametrization of Teichmüller spaces for infinite surfaces with bounded triangulations.
Refining the notion of an ideal triangulation of a compact three-manifold, we provide in this paper a combinatorial presentation of the set of pairs (M,a), where M is a three-manifold and a is a collection of properly embedded arcs. We also show that certain well-understood combinatorial moves are sufficient to relate …
Let N be a topologically finite, orientable 3-manifold with ideal triangulation. We show that if there is a solution to the hyperbolic gluing equations, then all edges in the triangulation are essential. This result is extended to a generalisation of the hyperbolic gluing equations, which enables the construction of hy…
0-efficient triangulations of 3-manifolds are defined and studied. It is shown that any triangulation of a closed, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold M can be modified to a 0-efficient triangulation or M can be shown to be one of the manifolds S^3, RP^3 or L(3,1). Similarly, any triangulation of a compact, orientable, …
It is conjectured that every cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold has a decomposition into positive volume ideal hyperbolic tetrahedra (a "geometric" triangulation of the manifold). Under a mild homology assumption on the manifold we construct topological ideal triangulations which admit a strict angle structure, which is a ne…
Decomposes SL3 skein algebras for surfaces.
problem Decomposing SL3 skein algebras for surfaces. method Splitting surfaces into triangles and analyzing the resulting algebras.
result Explicit basis and injective splitting morphisms for SL3 stated skein algebras. New quantum invariant for framed 3-manifolds using ideal triangulations.
problem Quantum invariants of framed 3-manifolds with vanishing first Betti number.
method Based on ideal triangulations and Hopf algebras, using the pentagon equation and graphical representations.
result Construction of a new quantum invariant for closed framed 3-manifolds.
It is shown that every non-compact hyperbolic manifold of finite volume has a finite cover admitting a geodesic ideal triangulation. Also, every hyperbolic manifold of finite volume with non-empty, totally geodesic boundary has a finite regular cover which has a geodesic partially truncated triangulation. The proofs us…
Ideal triangulations of 3-manifolds are shown equivalent up to certain moves.
problem Equivalence of ideal triangulations in 3-manifolds.
method Using branched triangulations and transit equivalences, the paper shows that ideal triangulations are equivalent up to certain moves.
result Ideal triangulations of 3-manifolds are equivalent up to certain moves.
An ideal triangulation T of a hyperbolic 3-manifold M with one cusp is non-peripheral if no edge of T is homotopic to a curve in the boundary torus of M. For such a triangulation, the gluing and completeness equations can be solved to recover the hyperbolic structure of M. A planar project…
Essential triangulations of certain manifolds are connected via specific moves.
problem Connecting essential triangulations of certain manifolds.
method Essential triangulations are connected via 2-3 and 3-2 moves alone, ignoring those for which no 2-3 move preserves essentiality.
result Essential triangulations of certain manifolds are connected via 2-3 and 3-2 moves alone.
Classifies positive integral friezes on surfaces.
problem Classifying positive integral friezes on marked bordered surfaces.
method One-to-one correspondence with ideal triangulations and rescaling constants.
result Number of non-equivalent friezes on bordered surfaces is finite.
We give a complete proof of Thurston's celebrated hyperbolic Dehn filling theorem, following the ideal triangulation approach of Thurston and Neumann-Zagier. We avoid to assume that a genuine ideal triangulation always exists, using only a partially flat one, obtained by subdividing an Epstein-Penner decomposition. Thi…
Proves hyperbolic 3-manifolds have angle structures under certain conditions.
problem Proving angle structures for non-compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Subdividing ideal polyhedral decompositions and applying topological conditions.
result Proves existence of ideal triangulations with angle structures.
The study lists all exceptional Dehn fillings on specific 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding exceptional Dehn fillings on hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Examined 1-cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds with up to 9 ideal tetrahedra.
result Consistent with standard conjectures, suggests new ones.
We developed an efficient algorithm to factorize knots.
problem Computing the prime factorization of knots efficiently.
method Introduced an edge-ideal triangulation to represent knots and developed an algorithm using Regina.
result Our algorithm works well for knots up to 19 crossings and provides new complexity results.
The Whitehead link complement's geometry and topology are studied using ideal triangulations and tropical geometry.
problem Understanding the geometry and topology of the Whitehead link complement and its Dehn surgeries.
method Ideal triangulations, spun-normal surfaces, and tropical geometry.
result All boundary curves of the Whitehead link complement are strongly detected by its character variety.
Paper proves Luo's conjecture for 3D triangulated manifolds.
problem Finding hyperbolic metrics on compact 3-manifolds with boundary.
method Introduced and extended combinatorial Ricci flow to handle singularities.
result Proved Luo's conjecture affirmatively for ideal triangulations.
The paper bounds Pachner moves and systoles in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding Pachner moves and systoles in cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Using geometric ideal triangulations and dihedral angles, the paper gives bounds on Pachner moves and systoles.
result Lower bounds on systole length and Pachner move sequence length.