Heegard splittings of prime 3-manifolds are not unique

DOI10.1307/mmj/1029001657zbMath0321.57004OpenAlexW2043667129MaRDI QIDQ1223656

Joan S. Birman, José María Montesinos Amilibia, Francisco González-Acuña

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Michigan Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1307/mmj/1029001657

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

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