Distance and the Goeritz groups of bridge decompositions (Q2077136)

A bridge decomposition of a link \(L\) in a closed orientable 3-manifold \(M\) is a Heegaard splitting of \(M\) such that \(L\) intersects each handlebody in properly embedded trivial arcs. In this article, the authors discuss the Goeritz Group (Mapping class group) of a bridge decomposition. They prove that if the distance of a bridge decomposition of a link with respect to a Heegaard splitting of a 3-manifold is at least 6, then the Goeritz group is a finite group, which improves a result from [\textit{S. Hirose} et al., Int. Math. Res. Not. 2022, No. 12, 9308--9356 (2022; Zbl 1492.57011)]. The key tool for the proof is the double sweep-out technique involving the theory of graphics introduced by \textit{H. Rubinstein} and \textit{M. Scharlemann} [Topology 35, No. 4, 1005--1026 (1996; Zbl 0858.57020)].