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Parity condition for irreducibility of Heegaard splittings

Geometric Topology 2009-02-05 v3

Abstract

Casson and Gordon gave the rectangle condition for strong irreducibility of Heegaard splittings [1]. We give a parity condition for irreducibility of Heegaard splittings of irreducible manifolds. As an application, we give examples of non-stabilized Heegaard splittings by doing a single Dehn twist.

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@article{arxiv.0812.0225,
  title  = {Parity condition for irreducibility of Heegaard splittings},
  author = {Jung Hoon Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.0225},
  year   = {2009}
}

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The paper is totally rewritten. The title has been changed. 9 pages, 5 figures