Surfaces in 3-space that do not lift to embeddings in 4-space
Carter, J. ; Saito, Masahico
Banach Center Publications, Tome 43 (1998), p. 29-47 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library
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A necessary and sufficient condition for an immersed surface in 3-space to be lifted to an embedding in 4-space is given in terms of colorings of the preimage of the double point set. Giller's example and two new examples of non-liftable generic surfaces in 3-space are presented. One of these examples has branch points. The other is based on a construction similar to the construction of Giller's example in which the orientation double cover of a surface with odd Euler characteristic is immersed in general position. A similar example is shown to be liftable with an explicit lifting given. The problem of lifting is discussed in relation to the theory of surface braids. Finally, the orientations of the double point sets are studied in relation to the lifting problem.

Publié le : 1998-01-01
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Carter, J.; Saito, Masahico. Surfaces in 3-space that do not lift to embeddings in 4-space. Banach Center Publications, Tome 43 (1998) pp. 29-47. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv42i1p29bwm/

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