Dehn twistIn geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, a Dehn twist is a certain type of self-homeomorphism of a surface (two-dimensional manifold). Suppose that c is a simple closed curve in a closed, orientable surface S. Let A be a tubular neighborhood of c. Then A is an annulus, homeomorphic to the Cartesian product of a circle and a unit interval I: Give A coordinates (s, t) where s is a complex number of the form with and t ∈ [0, 1]. Let f be the map from S to itself which is the identity outside of A and inside A we have Then f is a Dehn twist about the curve c.
Théorie de MorseEn mathématiques, et plus précisément en topologie différentielle, la théorie de Morse est un ensemble de techniques et de méthodes mises en place durant la seconde moitié du , permettant d'étudier la topologie d'une variété différentielle en analysant les lignes de niveau d'une fonction définie sur cette variété. Le premier résultat d'importance est le lemme de Morse, qui donne le lien entre points critiques d'une fonction suffisamment générale et modification de la topologie de la variété.
Whitehead torsionIn geometric topology, a field within mathematics, the obstruction to a homotopy equivalence of finite CW-complexes being a simple homotopy equivalence is its Whitehead torsion which is an element in the Whitehead group . These concepts are named after the mathematician J. H. C. Whitehead. The Whitehead torsion is important in applying surgery theory to non-simply connected manifolds of dimension > 4: for simply-connected manifolds, the Whitehead group vanishes, and thus homotopy equivalences and simple homotopy equivalences are the same.
Torus bundleA torus bundle, in the sub-field of geometric topology in mathematics, is a kind of surface bundle over the circle, which in turn is a class of three-manifolds. To obtain a torus bundle: let be an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the two-dimensional torus to itself. Then the three-manifold is obtained by taking the Cartesian product of and the unit interval and gluing one component of the boundary of the resulting manifold to the other boundary component via the map . Then is the torus bundle with monodromy .
DifféotopieEn mathématiques, une difféotopie est une classe d'équivalence pour la relation d’isotopie entre difféomorphismes sur une variété différentielle. Plus explicitement, étant donnés deux difféomorphismes sur une telle variété M, c’est-à-dire deux applications φ, φ : M → M différentiables et bijectives avec des réciproques différentiables, on dit que ces difféomorphismes sont isotopes s’il existe une famille de difféomorphismes φ pour t ∈ ]0, 1[ telle que Φ : (t, x) ↦ φ(x) définisse une application différentiable sur [0, 1] × M.
SubmanifoldIn mathematics, a submanifold of a manifold M is a subset S which itself has the structure of a manifold, and for which the inclusion map S → M satisfies certain properties. There are different types of submanifolds depending on exactly which properties are required. Different authors often have different definitions. In the following we assume all manifolds are differentiable manifolds of class Cr for a fixed r ≥ 1, and all morphisms are differentiable of class Cr.
Heegaard splittingIn the mathematical field of geometric topology, a Heegaard splitting (ˈhe̝ˀˌkɒˀ) is a decomposition of a compact oriented 3-manifold that results from dividing it into two handlebodies. Let V and W be handlebodies of genus g, and let ƒ be an orientation reversing homeomorphism from the boundary of V to the boundary of W. By gluing V to W along ƒ we obtain the compact oriented 3-manifold Every closed, orientable three-manifold may be so obtained; this follows from deep results on the triangulability of three-manifolds due to Moise.
