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A quadratic bound on the number of boundary slopes of essential surfaces with bounded genus

  • Tao Li*
  • , Ruifeng Qiu
  • , Shicheng Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Boston College
  • Peking University

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Abstract

Let M be an orientable 3-manifold with ∂M a single torus. We show that the number of boundary slopes of immersed essential surfaces with genus at most g is bounded by a quadratic function of g. In the hyperbolic case, this was proved earlier by Hass et al.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-138
Number of pages8
JournalGeometriae Dedicata
Volume147
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Boundary slope
  • Essential surface

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