A LOWER BOUND FOR THE GENUS OF SELF-AMALGAMATION OF HEEGAARD SPLITTINGS

Title & Authors
A LOWER BOUND FOR THE GENUS OF SELF-AMALGAMATION OF HEEGAARD SPLITTINGS
Li, Fengling; Lei, Fengchun;

Abstract
Let M be a compact orientable closed 3-manifold, and F a non-separating incompressible closed surface in M. Let M`
Keywords
Heegaard distance;Heegaard genus;self-amalgamation;
Language
English
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