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1 Fibrations of 3-manifolds and nowhere continuous functions Balázs Strenner Georgia Institute of Technology Geometric Topology Seminar Columbia University October 5, 2018
2 Calculus exercise 1
3 Calculus exercise 1 Find a function!: Q R such that
4 Calculus exercise 1 Find a function!: Q R such that 1.! is discontinuous at every x Q.
5 Calculus exercise 1 Find a function!: Q R such that 1.! is discontinuous at every x Q. 2. The limit extension! +, = lim!(+) exists for 1 12 all +, R and! is continuous.
6 Calculus exercise 1 Find a function!: Q R such that 1.! is discontinuous at every x Q. 2. The limit extension! +, = lim!(+) exists for 1 12 all +, R and! is continuous. Solution: For example,! 5 6 = 7 6. Then! = 0.
7 Calculus exercise 2
8 Calculus exercise 2 Let! R $ be a compact, convex polyhedron whose faces are determined by rational equations.!
9 Calculus exercise 2 Let! R $ be a compact, convex polyhedron whose faces are determined by rational equations. Consider a function %: '()(!) Q R.! / Q denotes the rational points of a set / R $.
10 Calculus exercise 2 a Let! R $ be a compact, convex polyhedron whose faces are determined by rational equations.! b Consider a function %: '()(!) Q R. 4 Q denotes the rational points of a set 4 R $. For /, 1 3! Q where the line segment /1 meets '()(!),
11 Calculus exercise 2 Let! R $ be a compact, convex polyhedron whose faces are determined by rational equations. a! t=-1/2 t=0 t=1/2 b Consider a function %: '()(!) Q R.? Q denotes the rational points of a set? R $. For /, 1 3! Q where the line segment /1 meets '()(!), consider 4 5,6 ) = % ) 6;5, defined 9 9 on Q ( 1,1). This is a slice of %.
12 Devil s bowl
13 Devil s bowl
14 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if '
15 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. '
16 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. 2. For every slice 0 1,3, we have ; 0 1,3 (% 4 ) = lim 0 1,3 (%) = 9 9: (<=9 : )(<>9 : ) for some? A > 0. a ' b
17 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. 2. For every slice 0 1,3, we have ; 0 1,3 (% 4 ) = lim 0 1,3 (%) = 9 9: (<=9 : )(<>9 : ) for some? A > 0. Exercise: Construct a devil s bowl. a ' b
18 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. 2. For every slice 0 1,3, we have ; 0 1,3 (% 4 ) = lim 0 1,3 (%) = 9 9: (<=9 : )(<>9 : ) for some? A > 0. Exercise: Construct a devil s bowl. Explicit formula? a ' b
19 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. 2. For every slice 0 1,3, we have ; 0 1,3 (% 4 ) = lim 0 1,3 (%) = 9 9: (<=9 : )(<>9 : ) for some? A > 0. Exercise: Construct a devil s bowl. Solution 1: Enumerate slices and do induction. Explicit formula? a ' b
20 A function!: #$%(') Q R is a devil s bowl if 1.! is discontinuous at every x #$%(') Q. 2. For every slice 0 1,3, we have ; 0 1,3 (% 4 ) = lim 0 1,3 (%) = 9 9: (<=9 : )(<>9 : ) for some? A > 0. Exercise: Construct a devil s bowl. Solution 1: Enumerate slices and do induction. Solution 2: Study fibrations of 3-manifolds. Explicit formula? a ' b
21 3-manifolds
22 3-manifold fibering over the circle. # "! "
23 3-manifold fibering over the circle. # "! " # $ M can fiber in multiple ways.
24 3-manifold fibering over the circle. # "! " # $ M can fiber in multiple ways. How can we distinguish them?
25 3-manifold fibering over the circle. # "! " % = ' ( ) ( Z # $ M can fiber in multiple ways. How can we distinguish them?
26 * & (#) % & / 3-manifold fibering over the circle. 0 "! " # = % & ' & Z 0 1 M can fiber in multiple ways. How can we distinguish them? * 2 (#) % & /
27 primitive (If fibers are connected) * & (#) % & / 3-manifold fibering over the circle. 0 "! " # = % & ' & Z 0 1 M can fiber in multiple ways. How can we distinguish them? primitive (If fibers are connected) * 2 (#) % & /
28 Which elements of! " # correspond to fibrations? Thurston norm $ % on! " #, R
29 Which elements of! " # correspond to fibrations? Thurston norm % & on! " #, R Unit ball: polyhedron $
30 Which elements of! " # correspond to fibrations? Thurston norm $ % on! " #, R Unit ball: polyhedron fibered face: every integral class in this cone encodes a fibration
31 Which elements of! " # correspond to fibrations? Thurston norm $ % on! " #, R Unit ball: polyhedron fibered face: every integral class in this cone encodes a fibration not fibered face: nothing in this cone encodes a fibration
32 Thurston: M is hyperbolic monodromy f is a pseudo-anosov mapping class.
33 Thurston: M is hyperbolic monodromy f is a pseudo-anosov mapping class. pseudo-anosov mapping classes " Q How does the monodromy change as we vary the fibration?
34 Pseudo-Anosov mapping classes
35 Mapping class group: Mod(S)=Homeo + (S)/isotopy
36 Mapping class group: Mod(S)=Homeo + (S)/isotopy Nielsen-Thurston Classification Finite order
37 Mapping class group: Mod(S)=Homeo + (S)/isotopy Nielsen-Thurston Classification U f(u) Finite order Pseudo-Anosov
38 Mapping class group: Mod(S)=Homeo + (S)/isotopy Nielsen-Thurston Classification U f(u) Finite order Pseudo-Anosov Reducible
39 Mapping class group: Mod(S)=Homeo + (S)/isotopy Nielsen-Thurston Classification Stretch factor:! U f(u) Finite order Pseudo-Anosov Reducible
40 " How does! change?
41 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. ' How does & change?
42 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. (dim ) =! " (#) 1) ) How does / change?
43 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. (dim ) =! " (#) 1) The normalized stretch factor function /: ) Q R 4 ) How does 5 change?
44 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. (dim ) =! " (#) 1) The normalized stretch factor function /: ) Q R 4 / 5 = log ;(5 6 ) ) 5 5 How does ; change?
45 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. (dim ) =! " (#) 1) The normalized stretch factor function /: ) Q R 4 / 5 = log ;(5 6 ) extends to a convex, continuous function int()) R 4 that goes to infinity at >). ) 5 5 How does ; change?
46 Fried ( 82): Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fibered face F. (dim ) =! " (#) 1) The normalized stretch factor function /: ) Q R 4 / 5 = log ;(5 6 ) extends to a convex, continuous function int()) R 4 that goes to infinity at >). 5 Application C DEF,B I B ) 5
47 Arc graph!(#)
48 Arc graph!(#) % & % ( % '
49 Arc graph!(#) % & % &!(#) % ' % ' % ( % (
50 Arc graph!(#) % & % &!(#) % ' % ' % ( % (! # is hyperbolic (Masur-Schleimer)
51 Arc graph!(#) % & % &!(#) % ' % ' % ( % (! # is hyperbolic (Masur-Schleimer) Mod(S) acts by isometries
52 Arc graph!(#) % & % &!(#) % ' % ' % ( % (! # is hyperbolic (Masur-Schleimer) Mod(S) acts by isometries pseudo-anosovs translate along an axis
53 Asymptotic Translation Length ATL $ = lim ) +, - (/, $ ) / ) 2
54 Asymptotic Translation Length ATL $ = lim ) +, - (/, $ ) / ) 2 Futer-Schleimer ( 14): ATL $ is proportional to the height and area of the boundary of the maximal cusp in 3.
55 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 ' & '
56 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. ' & '
57 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. The normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function &: ( Q R, & - = - / (- / ) - ( -
58 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. The normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function &: ( Q R, & - = - / (- / ) is a devil s bowl. - ( -
59 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. The normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function &: ( Q R, & - = - / (- / ) is a devil s bowl. Kin-Shin ( 17): For the curve graph, & - is locally bounded on slices.
60 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. The normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function &: ( Q R, & - = - / (- / ) is a devil s bowl. Kin-Shin ( 17): For the curve graph, & - is locally bounded on slices. Application: :,< > <? (Gadre-Tsai 14)
61 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fullypunctured fibered face F. The normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function &: ( Q R, & - = - / (- / ) is a devil s bowl. Kin-Shin ( 17): For the curve graph, & - is locally bounded on slices. Application: :,< > <? (Gadre-Tsai 14) Baik-Shin-Wu ( 18): - / 0 A / is locally bounded on d- dimensional slices.
62 Kin-Shin ( 17): For the curve graph,! " is locally bounded on slices. Application: #$% &'(,*, * - (Gadre-Tsai 14) Baik-Shin-Wu ( 18): ". / #$% ". is locally bounded on d- dimensional slices.
63 Kin-Shin ( 17): For the curve graph,! " is locally bounded on slices. Application: #$% &'(,*, * - (Gadre-Tsai 14) Baik-Shin-Wu ( 18): " / #$% ". is locally bounded on d- dimensional slices. Conjecture (Baik-Shin-Wu): ". / #$% ". is bounded away from 0 on an infinite set.
64 The general theorem
65 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F.
66 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 1 "- "' 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function.
67 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 1 "- "' 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function. Let Ω be a 7-dimensional slice of F.
68 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 "- "' 1 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function. Let Ω be a 7-dimensional slice of F. Then there is a continuous function 9: :;< Ω R - such that 9 = as =?Ω
69 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 "- "' 1 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function. Let Ω be a 7-dimensional slice of F. Then there is a continuous function 9: :;< Ω R - such that 9 = as =?Ω and the set of accumulation points ' F ) in :;< Ω R - is
70 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 "- "' 1 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function. Let Ω be a 7-dimensional slice of F. Then there is a continuous function 9: :;< Ω R - such that 9 = as =?Ω and the set of accumulation points ' F ) in :;< Ω R - if 7 = 1
71 Theorem (S.): Let M be a complete finitevolume hyperbolic 3-manifold with! " # 2 and fully-punctured fibered face F. Let & ' : ) Q R - & '. =. 0 "- "' 1 234(. 0 ) be the 7-adic normalized asymptotic translation length in the arc complex function. Let Ω be a 7-dimensional slice of F. Then there is a continuous function 9: :;< Ω R - such that 9 = as =?Ω and the set of accumulation points ' F ) in :;< Ω R - if 7 = 1 The region if 7 2.
72 Corollary: If! 2, then $ % ' is a nowhere continuous function.
73 Corollary: If! 2, then $ % ' is a nowhere continuous function. Corollary (conjecture of Baik-Shin-Wu): $ % ' is bounded away from 0 on infinite sequences.
74 Corollary: If! 2, then $ % ' is a nowhere continuous function. Corollary (conjecture of Baik-Shin-Wu): $ % ' is bounded away from 0 on infinite sequences. There is a formula for (, but it is complicated.
75 Corollary: If! 2, then $ % ' is a nowhere continuous function. Corollary (conjecture of Baik-Shin-Wu): $ % ' is bounded away from 0 on infinite sequences. There is a formula for (, but it is complicated. Question: Is the bounding function ( always convex?
76 Theorem 3 (S.): Let!, ", #, Ω and % as in the previous theorem.
77 Theorem 3 (S.): Let!, ", #, Ω and % as in the previous theorem. Suppose Ω is a simplex with vertices & ',, & *+' and define the parametrization *+' % - ',, - *+' = % / 01' - 0 & 0 by { - ',, - *+' : 0 < - 0, *+' 01' - 0 = 1}, the interior of the standard simplex.
78 Theorem 3 (S.): Let!, ", #, Ω and % as in the previous theorem. Suppose Ω is a simplex with vertices & ',, & *+' and define the parametrization *+' % - ',, - *+' = % / 01' - 0 & 0 by { - ',, - *+' : 0 < - 0, *+' 01' - 0 = 1}, the interior of the standard simplex. Let Σ be the subspace spanned by Ω and let Γ = Σ < ' (!; Z) be the integral lattice in Σ.
79 Theorem 3 (S.): Let!, ", #, Ω and % as in the previous theorem. Suppose Ω is a simplex with vertices & ',, & *+' and define the parametrization *+' % - ',, - *+' = % / 01' - 0 & 0 by { - ',, - *+' : 0 < - 0, *+' 01' - 0 = 1}, the interior of the standard simplex. Let Σ be the subspace spanned by Ω and let Γ = Σ < ' (!; Z) be the integral lattice in Σ. Then % - ',, - *+' = A BCD E/G H A *! BCD E/ K L,,K AML Z OPL where R * is a constant depending only on #. AML QO
80 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior.
81 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):
82 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):
83 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):
84 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):
85 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):?
86 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):? Fact 1:! " 1 for all,.
87 The constant! "! " = the smallest possible volume of a simplex # in R " with the property that each of its affine copy %# + ' (% > 1) contains a point of Z " in its interior. Example (d=2):? Fact 1:! " 1 for all,. Fact 2:!. = 1.
88 Proof of the the main theorem
89 Frobenius coin problem Let A = {$ %,, $ ( } be a set of relatively prime positive integers.
90 Frobenius coin problem Let A = {$ %,, $ ( } be a set of relatively prime positive integers. The Frobenius number of the set A is the largest integer that does not arise as < % $ % + + < ( $ ( for nonnegative integers <?.
91 Frobenius coin problem Let A = {$ %,, $ ( } be a set of relatively prime positive integers. The Frobenius number of the set A is the largest integer that does not arise as < % $ % + + < ( $ ( for nonnegative integers <?. Examples: 1. ABCD 3,5 = 7
92 Frobenius coin problem Let A = {$ %,, $ ( } be a set of relatively prime positive integers. The Frobenius number of the set A is the largest integer that does not arise as < % $ % + + < ( $ ( for nonnegative integers <?. Examples: 1. ABCD 3,5 = 7 2. ABCD $, D = $D $ D
93 Frobenius numbers of cones Let C = # $,, # ' R) R + be a cone with nonempty interior. Let,: Z + Z be a surjective homomorphism.
94 Frobenius numbers of cones Let C = # $,, # ' R) R + be a cone with nonempty interior. Let,: Z + Z be a surjective homomorphism. The Frobenius number of C with respect to, is the largest integer that is not contained in,(1 Z + ).
95 Frobenius numbers of cones Let C = # $,, # ' R) R + be a cone with nonempty interior. Let,: Z + Z be a surjective homomorphism. The Frobenius number of C with respect to, is the largest integer that is not contained in,(1 Z + ) Example:
96 Frobenius numbers of cones Let C = # $,, # ' R) R + be a cone with nonempty interior. Let,: Z + Z be a surjective homomorphism. The Frobenius number of C with respect to, is the largest integer that is not contained in,(1 Z + ) Example: Frob =
97 Main steps of the proof 1. ATL(x ) = average weight of cycles in a finite weighted graph W(x )
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