Incompressible surfaces in handlebodies and closed 3-manifolds

  • Heegaard Genus*
  • , Ruifeng Qiu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we shall prove that for any integer n > 0, 1) a handlebody of genus 2 contains a separating incompressible surface of genus n, 2) there exists a closed 3-manifold of Heegaard genus 2 which contains a separating incompressible surface of genus n.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3091-3097
Number of pages7
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume128
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heegaard genus
  • Incompressible surface

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