Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan

Geometric decompositions of 4-dimensional orbifold bundles

Jonathan A. HILLMAN

Abstract

We consider geometric decompositions of aspherical 4-manifolds which fibre over 2-orbifolds. We show that no such manifold admits infinitely many fibrations over hyperbolic base orbifolds and that “most” Seifert fibred 4-manifolds over hyperbolic bases have a decomposition induced from a decomposition of the base.

Article information

Source
J. Math. Soc. Japan, Volume 63, Number 3 (2011), 871-886.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 August 2011

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1312203804

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2969/jmsj/06330871

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2836748

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1229.57023

Subjects
Primary: 57N13: Topology of $E^4$ , $4$-manifolds [See also 14Jxx, 32Jxx]

Citation

HILLMAN, Jonathan A. Geometric decompositions of 4-dimensional orbifold bundles. J. Math. Soc. Japan 63 (2011), no. 3, 871--886. doi:10.2969/jmsj/06330871. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1312203804

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