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A Dehn twist of Heegaard gluing is integral surgery

Statement

Assume ACω. Let M=H−∪φH+ be a Heegaard splitting of a closed oriented smooth 3-manifold, let Σ=∂H−=∂H+, and let c⊂Σ be an embedded circle with a chosen annular neighbourhood. If φ is replaced by φ∘τc or φ∘τc−1, where τc is a Dehn twist in the chosen annular coordinates, the resulting oriented 3-manifold is obtained from M by one surgery on a knot K obtained by pushing c into the interior of H−. The annulus between c and the boundary of a tubular neighbourhood of K supplies a framing; the surgery meridian is identified with μ+λA or μ−λA, according to the twist direction, where μ is the meridian of K and λA is the parallel determined by that annulus. Thus the surgery coefficient relative to this framing is integral with absolute value 1.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Heegaard splitting, an embedded circle c⊂Σ, its chosen annular coordinates, the gluing map φ, and ACω.

[F1]

Dehn twist on an oriented surface: in oriented annular coordinates a Dehn twist adds one full turn between the two boundary circles and is the identity outside the annulus.

[F2]

Heegaard splitting of a closed oriented three-manifold: M is obtained by gluing two handlebodies along Σ by an orientation-reversing boundary diffeomorphism.

[F3]

p-surgery on a smooth m-manifold: surgery removes a framed tubular neighbourhood and glues in the complementary disk-factor piece using the prescribed framing on the common boundary.

[A1]

ACω is the countable-choice hypothesis The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω) used for the tubular and collar data.

Proof

1.1givenF2A1construct

Push c a small distance into H− to obtain an embedded knot K and choose a closed tubular neighbourhood N(K) disjoint from Σ. The collar between c and the boundary of N(K) is an embedded annulus A; its parallel boundary curve on ∂N(K) is λA. Choose the product coordinates on N(K) so that the meridian μ bounds a normal disk.

2.1givenF1step 1.1construct

Cut H−∖int⁡N(K) along A and reglue the two annular faces after one full turn. In annular coordinates the turn adds 2π to the angular coordinate between the two ends and is stationary near the seams. Thus on Σ the induced map is τc (or its inverse if the turn is reversed). On ∂N(K), a meridian crossing the annulus once returns with one extra longitude traverse, so the induced homology shear is [μ]↦[μ]+[λA] or [μ]↦[μ]−[λA], respectively; the longitude is fixed. The operation fixes the rest of H− and is smooth after rounding the product corners.

3.1givenF2F3step 2.1construct

Glue the identity on H+ to the cut-and-reglued map on the complement of N(K). Along Σ the maps agree because the new gluing is φ∘τc±1; hence they give an orientation-preserving diffeomorphism between the two knot exteriors. The meridian of the replacement solid torus is identified with [μ]±[λA], exactly the framed surgery slope from step 2.1. By [F3], filling this boundary is the stated integral surgery, so its result is the Heegaard-glued manifold with the twisted gluing map.

4.1givenA1step 3.1∎

The annular parallel and its product framing are part of the supplied data, and the only auxiliary collar/tubular choices are within the ACω interface [A1]. The construction therefore uses an actual framed knot and introduces no rational coefficient.

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