A local to global argument on low dimensional manifolds
A local to global argument on low dimensional manifolds
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DOI:
10.1090/tran/7970
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发表时间:
2017-06
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Sam Nariman
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作者:
Sam Nariman
For an oriented manifold M M whose dimension is less than 4 4 , we use the contractibility of certain complexes associated to its submanifolds to cut M M into simpler pieces in order to do local to global arguments. In particular, in these dimensions, we give a different proof of a deep theorem of Thurston in foliation theory that says the natural map between classifying spaces B Homeo δ ( M ) → B Homeo ( M ) \mathrm {B}\operatorname {Homeo}^{\delta }(M)\to \mathrm {B} \operatorname {Homeo}(M) induces a homology isomorphism where Homeo δ ( M ) \operatorname {Homeo}^{\delta }(M) denotes the group of homeomorphisms of M M made discrete. Our proof shows that in low dimensions, Thurston’s theorem can be proved without using foliation theory. Finally, we show that this technique gives a new perspective on the homotopy type of homeomorphism groups in low dimensions. In particular, we give a different proof of Hacher’s theorem that the homeomorphism groups of Haken 3 3 -manifolds with boundary are homotopically discrete without using his disjunction techniques.