On unstabilized genus three critical Heegaard surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2014.01.014MaRDI QIDQ2437656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jungsoo Kim

Publication date 13 March 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5487

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldcritical surfaceHeegaard splittingtopological indextopologically minimal surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Let $M$ be a compact orientable irreducible 3-manifold and $H$ be an unstabilized genus three Heegaard splitting of $M$. In this article, we will define a simplicial complex of weak reducing pairs for $H$ and find several properties of this complex. Using this method, we will prove that an unstabilized Heegaard splitting of genus three is critical in a certain condition. In addition, we will show that the standard genus three Heegaard splitting for $T^3$ and the induced Heegaard splitting of the three component chain exterior by a certain tunnel system are critical as examples of the main theorem.

Review text

The author gives a sufficient condition for a Heegaard splitting of a link exterior to be critical in the sense of \textit{D. Bachman} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 354, No. 10, 4015--4042 (2002; Zbl 1003.57023)]. More exactly, the main theorem of the paper (Theorem 2.18) states the following. Let \(L\) be a non-splittable, tunnel number two, three-component link in \(S^{3}\) and \((V,W;F)\) be the induced Heegaard splitting of the exterior of \(L\). If we can choose two weak reducing pairs \((V,W)\) and \((V',W')\) such that \(\partial V \cap \partial W' \neq \emptyset\) and \(\partial V' \cap \partial W \neq \emptyset\) up to isotopy, then \(F\) is critical.

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