A partial order on multibranched surfaces in 3-manifolds (Q2295667)

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A partial order on multibranched surfaces in 3-manifolds
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    A partial order on multibranched surfaces in 3-manifolds (English)
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    14 February 2020
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    The author studies the union of a finite collection of compact surfaces with boundaries identified, either by homeomorphisms or covering maps. Such a 2-dimensional complex is called a multibranched surface. In such a complex, every point has a neighborhood homeomorphic either to \(E^2\) or to the union of a finite number of upper half planes with their boundaries identified. Such complexes are hypothesized to be embedded essentially in a 3-manifold, and suitably normalized (maximally spread). Under these hypotheses equivalence classes are shown to admit a partial ordering. In addition, a class with an atoroidal and acylindrical representative is shown to be minimal in this ordering. The paper ends with an illuminating example.
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    multibranched surface
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    partial order
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    3-manifold
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    spine
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