Lefschetz fibration

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A Lefschetz fibration is a smooth map from a higher-dimensional manifold to a lower-dimensional one whose singularities are modeled on complex Morse-type critical points, playing a central role in symplectic and complex geometry.

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Lefschetz fibration canonical 2
Picard–Lefschetz theory 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fibration in topology
mathematical concept
structure in symplectic geometry
appearsIn Donaldson’s existence theorem for Lefschetz pencils
associatedInvariant monodromy representation
canBeCompatibleWith complex structure
symplectic form
criticalValuesAreIsolated true
encodes intersection form of 4-manifold
topology of total space via monodromy
field algebraic geometry
complex geometry
low-dimensional topology
symplectic geometry
generalizationOf Lefschetz pencil NERFINISHED
genericFiber smooth closed surface
hasBase oriented surface
hasCodomain smooth manifold
hasCriticalPointsModeledOn complex Morse singularities
nondegenerate complex quadratic forms
hasDomain smooth manifold
hasFiber oriented surface
hasFiniteNumberOfCriticalPoints true
hasIsolatedSingularities true
hasKeyTool Picard–Lefschetz theory NERFINISHED
vanishing cycle techniques
hasVanishingCycle simple closed curve in the fiber
isSmoothMapAwayFromCriticalPoints true
isSubmersionAwayFromCriticalPoints true
localModelNearCriticalPoint (z1,…,zn) ↦ z1² + ⋯ + zn²
monodromyAroundCriticalValue Dehn twist about vanishing cycle
monodromyTakesValuesIn mapping class group of the fiber
namedAfter Solomon Lefschetz NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Lefschetz pencil NERFINISHED
complex Lefschetz fibration
symplectic Lefschetz fibration
requires orientation on base and fiber
singularFiber nodal surface
singularFiberHas single transverse node
studiedIn low-dimensional topology of 4-manifolds
typicalBaseManifold 2-sphere
higher-genus surface
typicalCodomainDimension 2
typicalDomainDimension 4
usedIn Donaldson’s theory of symplectic Lefschetz pencils
classification of symplectic 4-manifolds
construction of symplectic 4-manifolds
study of mapping class groups

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Solomon Lefschetz knownFor Lefschetz fibration
Dehn twist usedIn Lefschetz fibration
this entity surface form: Picard–Lefschetz theory
Lefschetz notableFor Lefschetz fibration
subject surface form: Solomon Lefschetz