English

Boundary reducible handle additions on simple 3-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let MM be a simple manifold, and FF be a component of M\partial M of genus two. For a slope γ\gamma on FF, we denote by M(γ)M(\gamma) the manifold obtained by attaching a 2-handle to MM along a regular neighborhood of γ\gamma on FF. In this paper, we shall prove that there is at most one separating slope γ\gamma on FF so that M(γ)M(\gamma) is \partial-reducible.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701440,
  title  = {Boundary reducible handle additions on simple 3-manifolds},
  author = {Yannan Li and Ruifeng Qiu and Mingxing Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701440},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, 20 figures

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