{ "id": "1410.4018", "version": "v1", "published": "2014-10-15T11:32:14.000Z", "updated": "2014-10-15T11:32:14.000Z", "title": "Minimal genus in circle bundles over 3-manifolds", "authors": [ "Matthias Nagel" ], "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "An estimate for the genus function in circle bundles over irreducible 3-manifolds is proven. This estimate is in many cases an equality and it relates the minimal genus of the surfaces representing a given homology class with the self-intersection of the class and the Thurston norm of the underlying 3-manifold.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2014-10-15T11:32:14.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M99" ], "keywords": [ "circle bundles", "minimal genus", "genus function", "thurston norm", "homology class" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1410.4018N" } } }