RUS  ENG
Full version
JOURNALS // Matematicheskie Zametki // Archive

Mat. Zametki, 2024 Volume 116, Issue 1, Pages 45–66 (Mi mzm14151)

This article is cited in 1 paper

Kirby diagram of polar flows on four-dimensional manifolds

E. Ya. Gurevich, I. A. Saraev

National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Nizhny Novgorod

Abstract: We solve the topological classification problem for polar flows on closed four-dimensional manifolds whose set of saddle equilibrium states consists only of points having two-dimensional stable and unstable manifolds. It is shown that the Kirby diagram, which is a framed link on a sphere intersecting the flow trajectories, is a complete topological invariant for such flows.

Keywords: polar flow, gradient-like flow, structurally stable flow, topological classification, Kirby diagram.

UDC: 517.9

MSC: 37C15

Received: 31.08.2023
Revised: 06.02.2024

DOI: 10.4213/mzm14151


 English version:
Mathematical Notes, 2024, 116:1, 40–57

Bibliographic databases:


© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2025