Eventual equality of the Thurston and higher-order Alexander norms
Eventual equality of the Thurston and higher-order Alexander norms
Let be a -manifold, let denote the th term of its rational derived series, and define
For each , let be the corresponding higher-order Alexander seminorm, and let be the Thurston seminorm. Eventual equality conjecture. If
then there exists such that
The conjecture asks when the sequence of higher-order Alexander seminorms eventually agrees with the Thurston seminorm. The preceding discussion gives examples where eventual agreement is known, while the general question remains open.
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Primary source
Stefan Friedl and Shelly Harvey, “Non-commutative Multivariable Reidemeister Torsion and the Thurston Norm”, arXiv:math/0608409 (2006).
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