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.
References
Primary source
Stefan Friedl and Shelly Harvey, “Non-commutative Multivariable Reidemeister Torsion and the Thurston Norm”, arXiv:math/0608409 (2006).
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