Building Three-Dimensional Differentiable Manifolds Numerically

Abstract

A method is developed here for building differentiable three-dimensional manifolds on multicube structures. This method constructs a sequence of reference metrics that determine differentiable structures on the cubic regions that serve as non-overlapping coordinate charts on these manifolds. It uses solutions to the two- and three-dimensional biharmonic equations in a sequence of steps that increase the differentiability of the reference metrics across the interfaces between cubic regions. This method is algorithmic and has been implemented in a computer code that automatically generates these reference metrics. Examples of three-manifolds constructed in this way are presented here, including representatives from five of the eight Thurston geometrization classes, plus the well-known Hantzsche-Wendt, the Poincare dodecahedral space, and the Seifert-Weber space.

arXiv comment37 pages, 10 figures, 12 Tables; v2 includes minor revisions and additions to agree with the final published version

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