A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds

Details A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds A short introduction to shadows of 4-manifolds

2004-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/math/0405582v2

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

19 pages, 8 figures. Revised version, to appear in Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We give a self-contained introduction to the theory of Turaev's shadows as a tool to study 3 and 4-manifolds. The goal of the present paper twofold: on one side it is intended to be a shortcut to a basic use of the theory of shadows, on the other side it gives a sketchy overview of some of the recent results on shadows. No original result is proved here and most of the details of the proofs are not included.

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