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contents Given an admissible 3-manifold $M$ and a cohomology class $ϕ\in H^1(M;\mathbb R)$, we prove that the universal $L^2$-torsion of $M$ detects the fiberedness of $ϕ$, except when $M$ is a closed graph manifold that admits no non-positively curved metric. We further extend this invariant to sutured 3-manifolds and derive a decomposition formula for taut sutured decompositions. Moreover, we show that a taut sutured manifold is a product if and only if its universal $L^2$-torsion is trivial. Our methods are based on a detailed study of the leading term map over Linnell's skew field. As an application, we apply the theory to homomorphisms between finitely generated free groups, which enables explicit computations of the invariant for sutured handlebodies.
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spellingShingle Universal $L^2$-torsion and sutured decomposition for 3-manifolds
Duan, Jianru
Geometric Topology
57K31
Given an admissible 3-manifold $M$ and a cohomology class $ϕ\in H^1(M;\mathbb R)$, we prove that the universal $L^2$-torsion of $M$ detects the fiberedness of $ϕ$, except when $M$ is a closed graph manifold that admits no non-positively curved metric. We further extend this invariant to sutured 3-manifolds and derive a decomposition formula for taut sutured decompositions. Moreover, we show that a taut sutured manifold is a product if and only if its universal $L^2$-torsion is trivial. Our methods are based on a detailed study of the leading term map over Linnell's skew field. As an application, we apply the theory to homomorphisms between finitely generated free groups, which enables explicit computations of the invariant for sutured handlebodies.
title Universal $L^2$-torsion and sutured decomposition for 3-manifolds
topic Geometric Topology
57K31
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01305