Quasi Normality and PL Approximation of Least Area Surfaces in 3-Manifolds

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contents This} paper presents relations between least area and normal surfaces, embedded in either a Euclidean or hyperbolic $3$-manifold. A relaxed version of normal surfaces, termed quasi-normal, is introduced, and it is shown that under appropriate conditions, every embedded least area surface is quasi-normal with respect to a fine enough fat triangulation of the $3$-manifold. In addition, it is shown that the intersections of a least area surface with the tetrahedra of such fine enough triangulation, even when not as simple as in the case of normal surfaces, are also well behaved. Finally, it is shown that a least area surface, when considered as a quasi normal surface, gives rise to a sequence of piecewise flat surfaces termed as flat-associated surfaces, and this sequence converges to the given least area surface and approximates its area.
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spellingShingle Quasi Normality and PL Approximation of Least Area Surfaces in 3-Manifolds
Appleboim, Eli
Geometric Topology
57(Primary), 51(Secondary)
This} paper presents relations between least area and normal surfaces, embedded in either a Euclidean or hyperbolic $3$-manifold. A relaxed version of normal surfaces, termed quasi-normal, is introduced, and it is shown that under appropriate conditions, every embedded least area surface is quasi-normal with respect to a fine enough fat triangulation of the $3$-manifold. In addition, it is shown that the intersections of a least area surface with the tetrahedra of such fine enough triangulation, even when not as simple as in the case of normal surfaces, are also well behaved. Finally, it is shown that a least area surface, when considered as a quasi normal surface, gives rise to a sequence of piecewise flat surfaces termed as flat-associated surfaces, and this sequence converges to the given least area surface and approximates its area.
title Quasi Normality and PL Approximation of Least Area Surfaces in 3-Manifolds
topic Geometric Topology
57(Primary), 51(Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04593