Lower bounds for regular genus and gem-complexity of PL 4-manifolds with boundary

Abstract

Let $M$ be a connected compact PL 4-manifold with boundary. In this article, we have given several lower bounds for regular genus and gem-complexity of the manifold $M$. In particular, we have proved that if $M$ is a connected compact $4$-manifold with $h$ boundary components then its gem-complexity $k(M)$ satisfies the following inequalities: $$\mathit{k}(M)\geq 3χ(M)+7m+7h-10 \mbox{ and }\mathit{k}(M)\geq \mathit{k}(\partial M)+3χ(M)+4m+6h-9,$$ and its regular genus $\mathcal{G}(M)$ satisfies the following inequalities: $$\mathcal{G}(M)\geq 2χ(M)+3m+2h-4\mbox{ and }\mathcal{G}(M)\geq \mathcal{G}(\partial M)+2χ(M)+2m+2h-4,$$ where $m$ is the rank of the fundamental group of the manifold $M$. These lower bounds enable to strictly improve previously known estimations for regular genus and gem-complexity of a PL $4$-manifold with boundary. Further, the sharpness of these bounds has also been shown for a large class of PL $4$-manifolds with boundary.

21 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Forum Mathematicum. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2001.10214