A formula on Heegaard genus of self-amalgamated 3-manifolds

Qilong Guo, Yanqing Zou

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Abstract

Let M be an orientable compact irreducible and ∂-irreducible 3-manifold, and suppose ∂M consists of two boundary components F 1 and F 2 with g(F 1)=g(F 2)>1. Let M f be the closed orientable 3-manifold obtained by identifying F 1 and F 2 via a homeomorphism f:F 1→F 2. With the assumption that M is small or g(M, F 1)=g(M)+g(F 1), we show that if f is sufficiently complicated, then g(M f)=g(M, ∂M)+1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1300-1303
Number of pages4
JournalTopology and its Applications
Volume159
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heegaard splitting
  • Self-amalgamated
  • Sufficiently complicated

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