A note on Heegaard splittings of nonorientable surface bundles over \(S^ 1\) (Q1820471)

Let \(F_ g\) be an orientable closed surface with \(H_ 1(F_ g, {\mathbb{Z}})\cong \oplus^{2g} {\mathbb{Z}}\), and \(N_ h\) be a non-orientable closed surface with \(H_ 1(N_ h, {\mathbb{Z}}_ 2)\cong \oplus^ h {\mathbb{Z}}_ 2\). \textit{M. Takahashi} and \textit{M. Ochiai} [(*) Comment. Math. Univ. St. Pauli 31, 63-69 (1982; Zbl 0507.57007)] proved that an \(F_ g\) \((N_ h\) resp.)-bundle over \(S^ 1\) admits a Heegaard splitting of genus \(2g+1\) \((h+1\) resp.). Further they proved that for any g (\(\geq 0)\) there exists an \(F_ g\)-bundle over \(S^ 1\) which admits a Heegaard splitting of genus two (Theorem 2 of (*)). In this note, we will show a similar result for non-orientable surface bundles. Theorem. For any h (\(\geq 1)\) there exists an \(N_ h\)-bundle over \(S^ 1\) which admits a Heegaard splitting of genus two.