An estimation of Hempel distance by using Reeb graph

DOI10.1142/S0218216511009327MaRDI QIDQ3173278zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ayako Ido

Publication date 27 September 2011

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3034

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldHeegaard genusHeegaard splittingHempel distanceReeb graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Geometric structures on manifolds of high or arbitrary dimension (57N16)

Abstract: Let $P,Q$ be Heegaard surfaces of a closed orientable 3-manifold. In this paper, we introduce a method for giving an upper bound of Hempel distance of $P$ by using the Reeb graph derived from a certain horizontal arc in the ambient space $[0,1]imes[0,1]$ of the Rubinstein-Scharlemann graphic derived from $P$ and $Q$. This is a refinement of a part of Johnson's arguments used for determining stable genera required for flipping high distance Heegaard splittings.

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