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Heegaard structure respects complicated JSJ decompositions

Geometric Topology 2015-03-13 v2

Abstract

Let MM be a 3-manifold with torus boundary components T1T_1 and T2T_2. Let ϕ ⁣:T1T2\phi \colon T_1 \to T_2 be a homeomorphism, MϕM_\phi the manifold obtained from MM by gluing T1T_1 to T2T_2 via the map ϕ\phi, and TT the image of T1T_1 in MϕM_\phi. We show that if ϕ\phi is "sufficiently complicated" then any incompressible or strongly irreducible surface in MϕM_\phi can be isotoped to be disjoint from TT. It follows that every Heegaard splitting of a 3-manifold admitting a "sufficiently complicated" JSJ decomposition is an amalgamation of Heegaard splittings of the components of the JSJ decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.0911.5078,
  title  = {Heegaard structure respects complicated JSJ decompositions},
  author = {David Bachman and Ryan Derby-Talbot and Eric Sedgwick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.5078},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Incorporates updated references and improved exposition

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