A proof of Reidemeister-Singer's theorem by Cerf's methods
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Abstract: Heegaard splittings and Heegaard diagrams of a closed 3-manifold M are translated into the language of Morse functions with Morse-Smale pseudo-gradients defined on M. We make use in a very simple setting of techniques which Jean Cerf developed for solving a famous pseudo-isotopy problem. In passing, we show how to cancel the supernumerary local extrema in a generic path of functions when dim M>2. The main tool that we introduce is an elementary swallow tail lemma which could be useful elsewhere.
The Reidemeister-Singer theorem claims that two Heegaard splitting of a closed 3-manifold become isotopic after suitable stabilization. The author translates the theorem into the language of Morse theory and performs the stabilization by adding pairs of canceled handles by indexes 1 and 2. To make the above mentioned translation, the author uses the Cerf technique that reduces some isotopy problem to a problem about real functions.
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