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On the Heegaard genus of contact 3-manifolds

Burak Ozbagci (2011)

Open Mathematics

It is well-known that the Heegaard genus is additive under connected sum of 3-manifolds. We show that the Heegaard genus of contact 3-manifolds is not necessarily additive under contact connected sum. We also prove some basic properties of the contact genus (a.k.a. open book genus [Rubinstein J.H., Comparing open book and Heegaard decompositions of 3-manifolds, Turkish J. Math., 2003, 27(1), 189–196]) of 3-manifolds, and compute this invariant for some 3-manifolds.

On the homeomorphism groups of manifolds and their universal coverings

Agnieszka Kowalik, Tomasz Rybicki (2011)

Open Mathematics

Let H c(M) stand for the path connected identity component of the group of all compactly supported homeomorphisms of a manifold M. It is shown that H c(M) is perfect and simple under mild assumptions on M. Next, conjugation-invariant norms on Hc(M) are considered and the boundedness of Hc(M) and its subgroups is investigated. Finally, the structure of the universal covering group of Hc(M) is studied.

On the homological category of 3-manifolds.

José Carlos Gómez Larrañaga, Francisco Javier González Acuña (1991)

Revista Matemática de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Let M be a closed, connected, orientable 3-manifold. Denote by n(S1 x S2) the connected sum of n copies of S1 x S2. We prove that if the homological category of M is three then for some n ≥ 1, H*(M) is isomorphic (as a ring) to H*(n(S1 x S2)).

On the homology of the Harmonic Archipelago

Umed Karimov, Dušan Repovš (2012)

Open Mathematics

We calculate the singular homology and Čech cohomology groups of the Harmonic Archipelago. As a corollary, we prove that this space is not homotopy equivalent to the Griffiths space. This is interesting in view of Eda’s proof that the first singular homology groups of these spaces are isomorphic.

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