The genus-one Heegaard diagrams of lens spaces #
Fix p ≥ 1 and a unit q of ZMod p. On the torus ℝ² / ℤ² let α be the circle y = 0,
oriented by increasing x, and let β be the closed curve t ↦ (q t, p t) of homology class
(q, p), oriented by increasing t. Attaching disks along α and β gives the lens space
L(p, q): the meridian β of the second solid torus is glued to p λ + q μ, where μ = α.
The two curves meet transversally in the p points x_j = (j / p, 0), j ∈ ZMod p. Going along
α the point after x_j is x_{j+1}; going along β it is x_{j+q}. Cutting the torus along
α leaves an annulus that the p arcs of β cut into p parallelograms; the region R_j is
the one whose bottom edge is the α-arc from x_j to x_{j+1}, its top edge is the α-arc from
x_{j-q} to x_{j-q+1}, and its two sides are the β-arcs starting at x_j and x_{j+1}.
TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpace p q r records this incidence data, with points and
regions both indexed by ZMod p and the basepoint in the region R_r. Each point is a generator
(TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceGenerator), and every generator is of this form.
The group CurveHomology in which the classes ε(x, y) live is identified with
H₁(L(p, q)) = ℤ/p (TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceCurveHomologyEquiv): a cycle of
α ∪ β whose β-part has total coefficient s winds s times around the y-direction, and the
equivalence sends its class to -q s. Under this identification ε(x_a, x_b) = b - a. So the
p generators lie in the p distinct classes, and no domain joins two distinct generators. Since
s_z(x) - s_z(y) is Poincaré dual to ε(x, y), this puts one generator in each of the p spin^c
structures of L(p, q). The diagram has no nonzero periodic domain, so it is weakly admissible.
These are the combinatorial inputs to the computation HF̂(L(p, q)) ≅ 𝔽₂^p: the hat differential
only counts disks whose domains join two generators, so it vanishes on this diagram. The Floer
complex itself is not constructed here.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpace: the genus-one diagram ofL(p, q), with its basepoint in a given region.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceGenerator: the generator at the intersection pointx_a.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceCurveHomologyEquiv:CurveHomology ≃+ ZMod p.
Main results #
TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceCurveHomologyEquiv_epsilon: the identification sendsε(x_a, x_b)tob - a.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.epsilon_lensSpace_eq_zero_iff:ε(x, y) = 0exactly whenx = y, andTauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.exists_isDomainBetween_lensSpace_iff: a domain joinsxtoyexactly whenx = y.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.epsilon_lensSpace_bijective:y ↦ ε(x, y)is a bijection from the generators ontoCurveHomology.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.addOrderOf_epsilon_lensSpace:ε(x_a, x_{a+1})has orderp.TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.periodicDomains_lensSpaceandTauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.weaklyAdmissible_lensSpace: the only periodic domain is zero, so the diagram is weakly admissible.
References #
- P. Ozsváth and Z. Szabó, Holomorphic disks and topological invariants for closed
three-manifolds, Ann. of Math. 159 (2004),
arXiv:math/0101206, §2.4 for
ε(x, y)and periodic domains; their §3 uses these genus-one diagrams of lens spaces. - D. Rolfsen, Knots and Links, Chapter 9.B, for the lens space
L(p, q)as the union of two solid tori glued along the slopep λ + q μ.
The genus-one Heegaard diagram of the lens space L(p, q), with its basepoint in the region
r. The point x_j and the region R_j are both indexed by j : ZMod p; the point after x_j
is x_{j+1} along α and x_{j+q} along β. The α-arc starting at x_j has R_j on its
left and R_{j-q} on its right, and the β-arc starting at x_j has R_{j-1} on its left and
R_j on its right.
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- One or more equations did not get rendered due to their size.
Instances For
The generator of lensSpace p q r at the intersection point x_a.
Equations
- TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpaceGenerator p q r a = (TauCeti.HeegaardRegionSystem.lensSpace p q r).generatorOf 1 (fun (x : Fin 1) => a) ⋯ ⋯
Instances For
The generators of lensSpace p q r are indexed by the intersection points.
The group CurveHomology of the lens space diagram is H₁(L(p, q)) = ℤ/p: the class of a
cycle of α ∪ β whose β-part has total coefficient s goes to -q s. Under this
identification ε(x_a, x_b) = b - a (lensSpaceCurveHomologyEquiv_epsilon).
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Instances For
The class of a cycle c of α ∪ β is -q times the total coefficient of its β-part.
The generators of the lens space diagram are in bijection with CurveHomology, and so with
the spin^c structures of L(p, q), through y ↦ ε(x, y).
The class ε(x_a, x_{a+1}) of two consecutive generators has order p, as a generator of
H₁(L(p, q)) = ℤ/p should.
The lens space diagram has no nonzero periodic domain: a domain whose boundary is a
combination of whole α- and β-curves and whose multiplicity at the basepoint region R_r is
zero must vanish. Hence the diagram is weakly admissible (weaklyAdmissible_lensSpace) for every
basepoint, and for each pair of generators there is at most one domain joining them.
The lens space diagram is weakly admissible.