An-annular Complexes in 3-manifolds

  • Rieck, Yo'av (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Arkansas)
  • Received : 2004.05.01
  • Published : 2005.12.23

Abstract

Given a non-Haken, non Seifert fibred manifold we describe an algorithm that takes 2 (not necessarily distinct) Heegaard surfaces and produces a complex with certain useful properties (Properties 5.1). Our main tool is Rubinstein and Scharlemann's Cerf theoretic work ([5]).

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : JSPS

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