Minimal layered-triangulation conjecture for lens spaces

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Let MM be a lens space, and call a triangulation minimal if it has the smallest number of tetrahedra among triangulations of MM. A minimal layered-triangulation of MM is a layered-triangulation with the smallest number of tetrahedra among all layered-triangulations of MM. Minimal layered-triangulation conjecture for lens spaces. With the exceptions of S3S^3, RP3\mathbb{R}P^3 and L(3,1)L(3,1), a minimal triangulation of a lens space is a minimal layered-triangulation. The source explains the three exceptions and notes that the asserted relationship is tied to the structure of layered triangulations and the classification of lens spaces; the claim is presented without a resolution in the supplied text.

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William Jaco and J. Hyam Rubinstein, “Layered-triangulations of 3-manifolds”, arXiv:math/0603601 (2006).

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