On Heegaard splittings of glued 3-manifolds

arXiv1211.4568MaRDI QIDQ6237308FDOQ6237308

Publication date: 19 November 2012

Abstract: We introduce a new technique for finding lower bounds on the Heegaard genus of a 3-manifold obtained by gluing a pair of 3-manifolds together along an incompressible torus or annulus. We deduce a number of inequalities, including one which implies that

, where

t (-)

denotes tunnel number,

K_{1}

and

K_{2}

are knots in

S^{3}

, and

K_{1}

is

m

-small. This inequality is best possible. We also provide an interesting collection of examples, similar to a set of examples found by Schultens and Wiedmann, which show that Heegaard genus can stay persistently low under the kinds of gluings we study here.

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