Stabilizations of Reducible Heegaard Splittings

2004/09/26 by Ruifeng Qiu, Qiu, Ruifeng
Chemistry · Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis #math.GT

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0409497

79 pages, 26 figures

arxiv created 2006/11/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

C. Gordon conjectured that a connected sum of two Heegaard splittings is stabilized if and only if one of the two factors is stabilized (Problem 3.91 in Kirby's problem list). In this paper, we shall prove this conjecture.

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