Thinning Genus Two Heegaard Spines in S3

DOI10.1142/S0218216503002706zbMATH Open1048.57002arXivmath/0111099MaRDI QIDQ4474512FDOQ4474512

Abigail Thompson, Martin Scharlemann

Publication date: 12 July 2004

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study trivalent graphs in $S^3$ whose closed complement is a genus two handlebody. We show that such a graph, when put in thin position, has a simple (i. e. non-loop) level edge.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0111099

zbMATH Keywords

thin positionspineHeegard splitting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

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• Heegaard splittings of \((\text{surface})\times I\) are standard
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Cited In (3)

• Multiple bridge surfaces restrict knot distance
• There are no unexpected tunnel number one knots of genus one
• Heegaard surfaces for certain graphs in compressionbodies

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