The complex of essential surfaces is contractible

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2021.107903MaRDI QIDQ2052586zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Faze Zhang, Qilong Guo

Publication date 26 November 2021

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2021.107903

zbMATH Keywords

contractibleessential surfacesimplicial complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topology of 3-manifolds (57K30)

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