A note on the planar surface sum of Heegaard splittings

  • Qilong Guo*
  • , Yanqing Zou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we prove that under some condition, (1) the planar surface sum of two unstabilized Heegaard splittings is unstabilized; (2) the self planar surface sum of an unstabilized Heegaard splitting is unstabilized.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-14
Number of pages7
JournalTopology and its Applications
Volume204
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heegaard distance
  • Stabilization
  • Surface sum

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