Untwisting Heegaard diagrams in 3-space

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Authors: David Gillman, Dale Rolfsen 

Publication date: 27 October 2003

Abstract: We show that if $V^3$ is a handlebody in $R^3$, with curves $J_1,\mathrm{...},J_{g}subsetpartialV$ which are the attaching curves for a Heegaard splitting of a homology sphere, then there exists a homeomorphism $hcolonVoV$ so that each of the curves $h(J_i)$ bounds an orientable surface in $R^3-int(V)$. This leads to a new characterization of homology spheres and also contradicts a remark of Haken (in 1969) regarding the Poincar'e homology sphere.

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