Boundary reducible handle additions on simple 3-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S10114-008-7119-YMaRDI QIDQ1034247zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yannan Li, Ruifeng Qiu, Ming Xing Zhang

Publication date 11 November 2009

Published in Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701440

zbMATH Keywords

\(\partial \)-reducibleScharlemann cyclesimple manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Let $M$ be a simple manifold, and $F$ be a component of $partialM$ of genus two. For a slope $gamma$ on $F$, we denote by $M(gamma)$ the manifold obtained by attaching a 2-handle to $M$ along a regular neighborhood of $gamma$ on $F$. In this paper, we shall prove that there is at most one separating slope $gamma$ on $F$ so that $M(gamma)$ is $partial$-reducible.

Review text

Let \(M\) be a simple 3-manifold and \(F\) a component of \(\partial M\) of genus two. It is shown in this paper that there is at most one separating slope \(\gamma\) on \(F\) such that \(M(\gamma)\), the 2-handle addition to \(M\) along \(\gamma\), is \(\partial\)-reducible. The proof uses the graphical method of Litherland-Gordon-Luecke, by showing that if there are two separating slopes \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) on \(F\) such that \(M(\alpha)\) and \(M(\beta)\) are \(\partial\)-reducible, then one arrives at a contradiction by analyzing the graphs on boundary-reducing disks of \(M(\alpha)\) and \(M(\beta)\) obtained from the intersection of these disks lying in \(M\). Using the same method, it is proved that in the case \(F\) is a component of \(\partial M\) of genus at least 2, and \(M(\alpha)\) and \(M(\beta)\) are two separating slopes on \(F\), if the union of components of \(\partial M\) other than \(F\) is compressible in \(M(\alpha)\) and in \(M(\beta)\), and if the new components of \(\partial M(\alpha)\) (and \(\partial M(\beta)\)) arising from the handle addition are incompressible in \(M(\alpha)\) (and \(M(\beta)\) respectively), then the minimum geometric intersection number of \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) is less than or equal to 2.

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• On nonsimple 3-manifolds and 2-handle addition
• Reducible handle additions to weakly reducible Heegaard splittings
• \(\partial\)-reducible handle additions
• The distance between two separating, reducing slopes is at most \(4\)
• 2-handle additions producing toroidal and reducible manifolds
• Reducible and \partial -reducible handle additions
• Adding a 2-Handle to a 3-Manifold: An Application to Property R
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• Comparing 2-handle additions to a genus 2 boundary component
• Toroidal handle additions and thrice punctured essential torus
• Handle additions producing essential surfaces

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