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Note on primitive disk complexes

Geometric Topology 2022-08-04 v1

Abstract

Given a Heegaard splitting of the 33-sphere, the primitive disk complex is defined to be the full subcomplex of the disk complex for one of the handlebodies of the splitting. It is an open question whether the primitive disk complex is connected or not when the genus of the splitting is greater than three. In this note, we prove that a quotient of the primitive disk complex, called the homotopy primitive disk complex, is connected.

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@article{arxiv.2208.01852,
  title  = {Note on primitive disk complexes},
  author = {Sangbum Cho and Jung Hoon Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.01852},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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