Heegaard splittings and the pants complex

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.853MaRDI QIDQ863040zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jesse Johnson

Publication date 25 January 2007

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509680

zbMATH Keywords

curve complexHeegaard splittingpants complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: We define integral measures of complexity for Heegaard splittings based on the graph dual to the curve complex and on the pants complex defined by Hatcher and Thurston. As the Heegaard splitting is stabilized, the sequence of complexities turns out to converge to a non-trivial limit depending only on the manifold. We then use a similar method to compare different manifolds, defining a distance which converges under stabilization to an integer related to Dehn surgeries between the two manifolds.

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