Heegaard structure respects complicated JSJ decompositions
Geometric Topology
2015-03-13 v2
Abstract
Let be a 3-manifold with torus boundary components and . Let be a homeomorphism, the manifold obtained from by gluing to via the map , and the image of in . We show that if is "sufficiently complicated" then any incompressible or strongly irreducible surface in can be isotoped to be disjoint from . 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.
Cite
@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