On the mapping class group of a genus 2 handlebody

A complex of incompressible surfaces in a handlebody is constructed so that it contains, as a subcomplex, the complex of curves of the boundary of the handlebody. For genus 2 handlebodies, the group of automorphisms of this complex is used to characterize the mapping class group of the handlebody. In particular, it is shown that all automorphisms of the complex of incompressible surfaces are geometric, that is, induced by a homeomorphism of the handlebody.     

Incompressible surfaces in handlebodies and isotopies

It is shown that every properly embedded incompressible surface in a handlebody can be constructed by a canonical gluing process. A simple condition is given which asserts that the result of the gluing process is an incompressible surface. A new notion of isotopy is introduced in order to distinguish surfaces belonging to distinct isotopy classes. Several examples (known and new) are constructed.     

On large orientation-reversing finite group-actions on 3-manifolds and equivariant Heegaard decompositions

We consider finite group-actions on closed, orientable and nonorientable 3-manifolds; such a finite group-action leaves invariant the two handlebodies of a Heegaard splitting of M of some genus g. The maximal possible order of a finite group-action of an orientable or nonorientable handlebody of genus $$g>1$$ is $$24(g-1)$$, and in the present paper we characterize the 3-manifolds M and groups G for which the maximal possible order $$|G| = 24(g-1)$$ is obtained, for some G-invariant Heegaard splitting of genus $$g>1$$. If M is reducible then it is obtained by doubling an action of maximal possible order $$24(g-1)$$ on a handlebody of genus g. If M is irreducible then it is a spherical, Euclidean or hyperbolic manifold obtained as a quotient of one of the three geometries by a normal subgroup of finite index of a Coxeter group associated to a Coxeter tetrahedron, or of a twisted version of such a Coxeter group.     

Toroidal and Klein bottle boundary slopes

Let M be a compact, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold and T₀ an incompressible torus boundary component of M such that the pair (M,T₀) is not cabled. By a result of C. Gordon, if (S,∂S),(T,∂T)⊂(M,T₀) are incompressible punctured tori with boundary slopes at distance Δ=Δ(∂S,∂T), then Δ?8, and the cases where Δ=6,7,8 are very few and classified. We give a simplified proof of this result (or rather, of its reduction process), using an improved estimate for the maximum possible number of mutually parallel negative edges in the graphs of intersection of S and T. We also extend Gordon's result by allowing either S or T to be an essential Klein bottle.     

Generating disjoint incompressible surfaces

We show that one can embed an arbitrarily large collection of disjoint, incompressible, non-parallel, non-boundary-parallel surfaces in any compact, orientable 3-manifold with at least one boundary component of genus greater than or equal to two.We also provide an answer to the open question, Question III.16, from Jaco's book, Lecture Notes on 3-Manifold Topology.     

The Thurston boundary of Teichmüller space and complex of curves

Let S be a closed orientable surface with genus g?2. For a sequence σi in the Teichmüller space of S, which converges to a projective measured lamination [λ] in the Thurston boundary, we obtain a relation between λ and the geometric limit of pants decompositions whose lengths are uniformly bounded by a Bers constant L. We also show that this bounded pants decomposition is related to the Gromov boundary of complex of curves.     

Incompressible Surfaces in Handlebodies and Closed 3-manifolds

in this paper we prove that for any positive integer n, 1) a handlebody of genus 2contains a separating incompressible surface of genus n, and 2) there exists a closed 3manifold of heegaard genus 2 which contains a separating incompressible surface of genus n.     

Free actions on handlebodies

The equivalence (or weak equivalence) classes of orientation-preserving free actions of a finite group G on an orientable three-dimensional handlebody of genus g?1 can be enumerated in terms of sets of generators of G. They correspond to the equivalence classes of generating n-vectors of elements of G, where n=1+(g−1)/|G|, under Nielsen equivalence (or weak Nielsen equivalence). For Abelian and dihedral G, this allows a complete determination of the equivalence and weak equivalence classes of actions for all genera. Additional information is obtained for other classes of groups. For all G, there is only one equivalence class of actions on the genus g handlebody if g is at least 1+?(G)|G|, where ?(G) is the maximal length of a chain of subgroups of G. There is a stabilization process that sends an equivalence class of actions to an equivalence class of actions on a higher genus, and some results about its effects are obtained.     

The Relative Maximum Genus of a Graph

A relative embedding of a graph in a surface with respect to a set of closed walks is one where each of the prescribed closed walks bounds a face of the embedding In the special case where the set of closed walks is empty, this amounts to the usual concept of a graph embedding. We present a formula for the maximum (orientable) genus of the surface on which a graph has a relative embedding with respect to a set of closed walks.     

Incompressibility and least-area surfaces

We show that if F is a smooth, closed, orientable surface embedded in a closed, orientable 3-manifold M such that for each Riemannian metric g on M, F   is isotopic to a least-area surface F(g)$F(g)$, then F is incompressible.     

The genus of the GRAY graph is 7

Using the genus embedding of the Cartesian product of three triangles we prove one can embed the smallest cubic semisymmetric graph on 54 vertices, the so-called Gray graph, in the orientable surface of genus 7, and we prove that such an embedding is optimal.     

Incompressible pairwise incompressible surfaces in almost alternating knot complements

In this paper, we deal with incompressible pairwise incompressible surfaces in almost alternating knot complements. We show that the genus of a surface in an almost alternating knot exterior equals zero if there are two, four or six boundary components in the surface.     

A relative maximum genus graph embedding and its local maximum genus

A relative embedding of a connected graph is an embedding of the graph in some surface with respect to some closed walks, each of which bounds a face of the embedding. The relative maximum genus of a connected graph is the maximum of integerk with the property that the graph has a relative embedding in the orientable surface withk handles. A polynomial algorithm is provided for constructing relative maximum genus embedding of a graph if the relative tree of the graph is planar. Under this condition, just like maximum genus embedding, a graph does not have any locally strict maximum genus.     

Rational structure on algebraic tangles and closed incompressible surfaces in the complements of algebraically alternating knots and links

Let F be an incompressible, meridionally incompressible and not boundary-parallel surface with boundary in the complement of an algebraic tangle (B,T). Then F separates the strings of T in B and the boundary slope of F is uniquely determined by (B,T) and hence we can define the slope of the algebraic tangle. In addition to the Conway's tangle sum, we define a natural product of two tangles. The slopes and binary operation on algebraic tangles lead to an algebraic structure which is isomorphic to the rational numbers.We introduce a new knot and link class, algebraically alternating knots and links, roughly speaking which are constructed from alternating knots and links by replacing some crossings with algebraic tangles. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for a closed surface to be incompressible and meridionally incompressible in the complement of an algebraically alternating knot or link K. In particular we show that if K is a knot, then the complement of K does not contain such a surface.     

A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EMBEDDABILITY OF GRAPHS ON THE SURFACE OF GIVEN GENUS

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极大平面图在不可定向曲面上强嵌入的一个注记

§ 1　IntroductionA strong embeddingμ( G) of a graph G in a surface S is such an embedding thateachface boundary of the surface is a circuit.( A strong embedding is also sometimes called acircular embedding,see[1 ] orclosed2 -cell embedding[2 ] ) .Graphsconsidered here are sim-ple( that is,they have no loops or multiple edges) .Terminology here follows those in[3] .In[1 ] ,Richter,Seymour and Siran proved that every3-connected planar graph canbe strongly embedded on some non-orientable sur…     

Three-manifolds with Heegaard genus at most two represented by crystallisations with at most 42 vertices

It is known that every closed compact orientable 3-manifold M can be represented by a 4-edge-coloured 4-valent graph called a crystallisation of M. Casali and Grasselli proved that 3-manifolds of Heegaard genus g can be represented by crystallisations with a very simple structure which can be described by a 2(g+1)-tuple of non-negative integers. The sum of first g+1 integers is called complexity of the admissible 2(g+1)-tuple. If c is the complexity then the number of vertices of the associated graph is 2c. In the present paper we describe all prime 3-manifolds of Heegaard genus two described by 6-tuples of complexity at most 21.     

Families of fixed-point cellular rotations

A cellular rotation is a pseudofree cellular automorphism, with no non-fixed pseudofixed points, of a graph embedded in an orientable surface. A family of cellular rotations is a collection of cellular rotations having one embedding of each genus above some fixed minimum genus, all sharing the same quotient embedding and, in an appropriate sense, the same voltage-assignment data. We provide a complete catalog of all families of cellular rotations having at least one fixed point, and provide preliminary results regarding families of cellular rotations having no fixed points.     

Uniform 1-cochains and genuine laminations

We construct a pair of transverse genuine laminations on an atoroidal 3-manifold admitting a transversely orientable uniform 1-cochain. The laminations are induced by the uniform 1-cochain and they are the straightening of the coarse laminations defined by Calegari, by using minimal surface techniques. Moreover, when we collapse these laminations, we get a topological pseudo-Anosov flow, as defined by Mosher.     

The Geometry of Two Generator Groups: Hyperelliptic Handlebodies

A Kleinian group naturally stabilizes certain subdomains and closed subsets of the closure of hyperbolic three space and yields a number of different quotient surfaces and manifolds. Some of these quotients have conformal structures and others hyperbolic structures. For two generator free Fuchsian groups, the quotient three manifold is a genus two solid handlebody and its boundary is a hyperelliptic Riemann surface. The convex core is also a hyperelliptic Riemann surface. We find the Weierstrass points of both of these surfaces. We then generalize the notion of a hyperelliptic Riemann surface to a hyperelliptic three manifold. We show that the handlebody has a unique order two isometry fixing six unique geodesic line segments, which we call the Weierstrass lines of the handlebody. The Weierstrass lines are, of course, the analogue of the Weierstrass points on the boundary surface. Further, we show that the manifold is foliated by surfaces equidistant from the convex core, each fixed by the isometry of order two. The restriction of this involution to the equidistant surface fixes six generalized Weierstrass points on the surface. In addition, on each of these equidistant surfaces we find an orientation reversing involution that fixes curves through the generalized Weierstrass points.Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000). primary 30F10, 30F35, 30F40; secondary 14H30, 22E40.