Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2001-09-20
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
21 pages, 4 figures. Revised March 2004 to correct misprints and respond to referee suggestions. Still no worked-out examples,
Scientific paper
This paper continues the study of decompositions of a smooth 4-manifold into two handlebodies with handles of index $\leq2$. Part I gave existence results in terms of spines and chain complexes over the fundamental group of the ambient manifold. Here we assume that one side of a decomposition has larger fundamental group, and use this to define algebraic-topological invariants. These reveal a basic asymmetry in these decompositions: subtle changes on one side can force algebraic-topologically detectable changes on the other. A solvable iteration of the basic invariant gives an ``obstruction theory'' using lower commutator quotients. By thinking of a 2-handlebody as essentially determined by the links used as attaching maps for its 2-handles this theory can be thought of a giving ``ambient'' link invariants. The moves used are related to the grope cobordism of links developed by Conant-Teichner, and the Cochran-Orr-Teichner filtration of the link concordance groups. The invariants give algebraically sophisticated ``finite type'' invariants in the sense of Vassilaev.
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