Saddle tangencies and the distance of Heegaard splittings

DOI10.2140/AGT.2007.7.1119zbMATH Open1134.57005arXivmath/0701396OpenAlexW2069331760MaRDI QIDQ2464784FDOQ2464784

Authors: Tao Li 

Publication date: 17 December 2007

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give another proof of a theorem of Scharlemann and Tomova and of a theorem of Hartshorn. The two theorems together say the following. Let M be a compact orientable irreducible 3--manifold and P a Heegaard surface of M. Suppose Q is either an incompressible surface or a strongly irreducible Heegaard surface in M. Then either the Hempel distance d(P) <= 2 genus(Q) or P is isotopic to Q. This theorem can be naturally extended to bicompressible but weakly incompressible surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701396

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zbMATH Keywords

curve complexHeegaard splittingincompressible surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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