Connecting essential triangulations I: via 2-3 and 0-2 moves
Abstract
Suppose that $M$ is a compact, connected three-manifold with boundary. We show that if the universal cover has infinitely many boundary components then $M$ has an ideal triangulation which is essential: no edge can be homotoped into the boundary. Under the same hypotheses, we show that the set of essential triangulations of $M$ is connected via 2-3, 3-2, 0-2, and 2-0 moves. The above results are special cases of our general theory. We introduce $L$-essential triangulations: boundary components of the universal cover receive labels and no edge has the same label at both ends. As an application, under mild conditions on a representation, we construct an ideal triangulation for which a solution to Thurston's gluing equations recovers the given representation. Our results also imply that such triangulations are connected via 2-3, 3-2, 0-2, and 2-0 moves. Together with results of Pandey and Wong, this proves that Dimofte and Garoufalidis' 1-loop invariant is independent of the choice of essential triangulation.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2024
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2405.03539
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2405.03539
- Bibcode:
- 2024arXiv240503539K
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- 57K16;
- 57K31;
- 57K32;
- 57Q15
- E-Print:
- 57 pages, 74 figures and subfigures