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A note on Kneser-Haken finiteness

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Kneser-Haken Finiteness asserts that for each compact 3-manifold M there is an integer c(M) such that any collection of k>c(M) closed, essential, 2-sided surfaces in M must contain parallel elements. We show here that if M is closed then twice the number of tetrahedra in a (pseudo)-triangulation of M suffices for c(M).

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@article{arxiv.math/0210215,
  title  = {A note on Kneser-Haken finiteness},
  author = {David Bachman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0210215},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Proceedings of the AMS