Normal surfaces minimizing weight in a homology class

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(93)90073-MMaRDI QIDQ685047zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Jeffrey L. Tollefson

Publication date 22 September 1993

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldgroup of simplicial homeomorphismsleast weight normal surfacesproperly embedded surfacesurface representing a homology class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential topology (57R99) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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