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Lecture notes on generalized Heegaard splittings

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

These notes grew out of a lecture series given at RIMS in the summer of 2001. The lecture series was aimed at a broad audience that included many graduate students. Its purpose lay in familiarizing the audience with the basics of 3-manifold theory and introducing some topics of current research. The first portion of the lecture series was devoted to standard topics in the theory of 3-manifolds. The middle portion was devoted to a brief study of Heegaaard splittings and generalized Heegaard splittings. The latter portion touched on a brand new topic: fork complexes.

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@article{arxiv.math/0504167,
  title  = {Lecture notes on generalized Heegaard splittings},
  author = {Toshio Saito and Martin Scharlemann and Jennifer Schultens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504167},
  year   = {2007}
}

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66pages, 99figures