2004/05/30 by Francesco Costantino, Costantino, Francesco
Computer Science · Mathematics · #57M50 #57N99 #Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #math.GT #msc:57M50 #msc:57N99
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0405582
19 pages, 8 figures. Revised version, to appear in Fundamenta Mathematicae
openalex publication_date 2004/05/30 · arxiv created 2005/02/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We give a self-contained introduction to the theory of Turaev's shadows as a tool to study 3 and 4-manifolds. The goal of the present paper twofold: on one side it is intended to be a shortcut to a basic use of the theory of shadows, on the other side it gives a sketchy overview of some of the recent results on shadows. No original result is proved here and most of the details of the proofs are not included.