Hyperbolic volume and Heegaard distance (Q2252674)

In this paper the authors prove that \((\mu,d)\)-generic manifolds have the following property: ``Let \(\mu>0\) be a Margulis constant for \(H^3\) and fix \(d>0.\) Then there exists \(\Lambda>0\) so that for any complete finite volume \((\mu,d)\)-generic hyperbolic manifold \(M\) and any Heegaard surface \(\Sigma\) for \(M\) the following holds: if \(g(\Sigma)>\Lambda Vol(M),\) then \(d(\Sigma)\leq3\).'' The proof of this result uses Dehn filling under the assumption that \(M\) is \((\mu,d)\)-generic. Another interesting key-result of the paper is the following: ``Let \(M\) be a compact orientable connected 3-manifold and \(\Sigma\) a Heegaard surface for \(M\). Suppose that for some (possibly empty or disconnected) compact surface \(K \subset \partial M, M \backslash K\) admits a generalized triangulation with \(t\) generalized tetrahedra. If \(g(\Sigma) \geq 76t+26,\) then \(d(\Sigma)\leq2\).''