Trisection diagrams and twists of 4-manifolds

Abstract

A theorem of Katanaga, Saeki, Teragaito, and Yamada relates Gluck and Price twists of 4-manifolds. Using trisection diagrams, we give a purely diagrammatic proof of this theorem, and answer a question of Kim and Miller.

arXiv comment23 pages, 26 figures. This version has been accepted for publication in Comptes Rendus Mathématique