An algorithm producing hyperbolicity equations for a link complement in S 3

We describe a constructive and effective method for decomposing the complement of an alternating link in the three-sphere into tetrahedra with identifications and vertices removed. Consequently we obtain an algorithm for writing down the hyperbolicity equations associated to such decomposition.     

Fundamental group of a 3-manifold

Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 345–349, May–June, 1990.     

The visual core of a hyperbolic 3-manifold

In this note we introduce the notion of the visual core of a hyperbolic 3-manifold , and explore some of its basic properties. We investigate circumstances under which the visual core of a cover of N embeds in N, via the usual covering map . We go on to show that if the algebraic limit of a sequence of isomorphic Kleinian groups is a generalized web group, then the visual core of the algebraic limit manifold embeds in the geometric limit manifold. Finally, we discuss the relationship between the visual core and Klein-Maskit combination along component subgroups. Received: 16 March 1999 / Revised version: 14 May 2001 / Published online: 19 October 2001     

Chern-Simons invariant and conformal embedding of a 3-manifold

This note studies the Chern-Simons invariant of a closed oriented Riemannian 3-manifold M. The first achievement is to establish the formula CS（e） - CS（e） = degA, where e and e are two （global） frames of M, and A ： M → SO（3） is the ＂difference＂ map. An interesting phenomenon is that the ＂jumps＂ of the Chern-Simons integrals for various frames of many 3-manifolds are at least two, instead of one. The second purpose is to give an explicit representation of CS（e＋） and CS（e_）, where e＋ and e_ are the ＂left＂ and ＂right＂ quaternionic frames on M3 induced from an immersion M^3 → E^4, respectively. Consequently we find many metrics on S^3 （Berger spheres） so that they can not be conformally embedded in E^4.     

Every orientable Seifert 3-manifold is a real component of a uniruled algebraic variety

We show that any orientable Seifert 3-manifold is diffeomorphic to a connected component of the set of real points of a uniruled real algebraic variety, and prove a conjecture of János Kollár.     

The sharp lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the sublaplacian on a pseudohermitian 3-manifold

In this paper, we study a sharp lower bound of the first eigenvalue of the sublaplacian on a 3-dimensional pseudohermitian manifold with the CR Paneitz operator positive. In general cases, S.-Y. Li and H.-S. Luk ({Proc. Am. Math. Soc.} 132(3), 789–798) (2004) proved the lower bound under a condition on a covariant derivative of the torsion as well as the Ricci curvature and the torsion. We show that if the CR Paneitz operator is positive, then the sharp lower bound is obtained under one simpler condition on only the Ricci curvature and the torsion itself; which is similar to the condition given in high-dimensional cases in ({Commun. Partial Differential Equations}, 10(2/3), 191–217) (1985). We also show examples where our theorem applies, but Theorem 1.2 in ({Proc. Am. Math. Soc.} 132(3), 789–798) (2004) does not. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000). Primary 32V05, 32V20, Secondary 53C56.     

Topological imitation of a colored link with the same Dehn surgery manifold

By the topological imitation theory, we construct, from a given colored link, a new colored link with the same Dehn surgery manifold. In particular, we construct a link with a distinguished coloring whose Dehn surgery manifold is a given closed connected oriented 3-manifold except the 3-sphere. As a result, we can naturally generalize the difference between the Gordon–Luecke theorem and the property P conjecture to a difference between a link version of the Gordon–Luecke theorem and the Poincaré conjecture. Similarly, we construct a link with a π₁-distinguished coloring whose Dehn surgery manifold is a given non-simply-connected closed connected oriented 3-manifold. We also construct a link with just two colorings whose Dehn surgery manifolds are the 3-sphere.     

An algorithm for approximation by elements of a cone in a banach space

Given a closed convex cone of approximants in a strictly convex reflexive Banach space we give an implementable, iterative algorithm for finding the best approximation for a point outside this cone. First the necessary duality theorems are proved and then the characterizations of the best approximations are given. Convergence of the algorithm is then proved. Some numerical results are also included.     

Residual finiteness of a class of semigroups presented by a single relation

Communicated by Dominique Perrin     

An effective algorithm to get linking numbers of 3-manifolds

Summary A colored triangulation of a 3-manifoldM ³ is a decomposition into tetrahedra so that each vertex of them receive one of the colors 0, 1, 2, 3 in such a way that each tetrahedron has four differently colored vertices. From the combinatorics of the dual of a colored triangulation forM ³ we provide an easy algorithm to get a special kind of intersection matrix; from this matrix and from the torsion coefficients of the firstZ-homology group ofM ³ we provide a formula which yields its linking numbers.