A formula on Heegaard genus of self-amalgamated 3-manifolds

Let M be an orientable compact irreducible and ∂-irreducible 3-manifold, and suppose ∂M consists of two boundary components F₁ and F₂ with g(F₁)=g(F₂)>1. Let Mf be the closed orientable 3-manifold obtained by identifying F₁ and F₂ via a homeomorphism f:F₁→F₂. With the assumption that M is small or g(M,F₁)=g(M)+g(F₁), we show that if f is sufficiently complicated, then g(Mf)=g(M,∂M)+1.     

Incompressible surfaces in handlebodies and boundary reducible 3-manifolds

We study the existence of incompressible embeddings of surfaces into the genus two handlebody. We show that for every compact surface with boundary, orientable or not, there is an incompressible embedding of the surface into the genus two handlebody. In the orientable case the embedding can be either separating or non-separating. We also consider the case in which the genus two handlebody is replaced by an orientable 3-manifold with a compressible boundary component of genus greater than or equal to two.     

Heegaard spines of 3-manifolds

Summary We describe a procedure to construct a 4-coloured graph representing a closed, connected 3-manifold M starting from a Heegaard diagram of M. As a consequence, we prove that, to each Heegaard diagram of a (closed) 3-manifold M, canonically corresponds a spine (Heegaard spine) of M.     

Heegaard surfaces and measured laminations, II: Non-Haken 3-manifolds

A famous example of Casson and Gordon shows that a Haken 3-manifold can have an infinite family of irreducible Heegaard splittings with different genera. In this paper, we prove that a closed non-Haken 3-manifold has only finitely many irreducible Heegaard splittings, up to isotopy. This is much stronger than the generalized Waldhausen conjecture. Another immediate corollary is that for any irreducible non-Haken 3-manifold , there is a number such that any two Heegaard splittings of are equivalent after at most stabilizations.

     

Critical Heegaard surfaces

In this paper we introduce critical surfaces, which are described via a 1-complex whose definition is reminiscent of the curve complex. Our main result is that if the minimal genus common stabilization of a pair of strongly irreducible Heegaard splittings of a 3-manifold is not critical, then the manifold contains an incompressible surface. Conversely, we also show that if a non-Haken 3-manifold admits at most one Heegaard splitting of each genus, then it does not contain a critical Heegaard surface. In the final section we discuss how this work leads to a natural metric on the space of strongly irreducible Heegaard splittings, as well as many new and interesting open questions.     

Incompressible pairwise incompressible surfaces in link complements

The central subject of studying in this paper is incompressible pairwise incompressible surfaces in link complements. Let L be a non-split prime link and let F be an incompressible pairwise incompressible surface in S~3 - L. We discuss the properties that the surface F intersects with 2-spheres in S~3 - L. The intersection forms a topological graph consisting of a collection of circles and saddle-shaped discs. We introduce topological graphs and their moves (R-move and S~2-move), and define the characteristic number of the topological graph for F∩S~2±. The characteristic number is unchanged under the moves. In fact, the number is exactly the Euler Characteristic number of the surface when a graph satisfies some conditions. By these ways, we characterize the properties of incompressible pairwise incompressible surfaces in alternating (or almost alternating) link complements. We prove that the genus of the surface equals zero if the component number of F∩S~2+(or F∩S~2-) is less than five and the graph is simple for alternating or almost alternating links. Furthermore, one can prove that the genus of the surface is zero if #(F) ≤8.     

Heegaard Genus Formula for Haken Manifolds

Suppose M is a compact orientable 3-manifold and a properly embedded orientable boundary incompressible essential surface. Denote the completions of the components of M – Q with respect to the path metric by M ¹, ...,M ^k . Denote the smallest possible genus of a Heegaard splitting of M, or M ^j respectively, for which ∂M, or ∂M ^j respectively, is contained in one compression body by g(M, ∂M), or g(M ^j , ∂M ^j ) respectively. Denote the maximal number of non-parallel essential annuli that can be simultaneously embedded in M ^j by n _j . Then

Stiefel-Whitney surfaces and decompositions of 3-manifolds into handlebodies

Every closed nanorientable 3-manifold M can be obtained as the union of three orientable handlebodies V₁, V₂, V₃ whose interiors are pairwise disjoint. If g_i denotes the genus of V_i, g₁g₂g₃, we say that M has tri-genus (g₁, g₂, g₃), if in terms of lexicographical ordering, the triple (g₁, g₂, g₃) is minimal among all such decompositions of M into orientable handlebodies. We relate the tri-genus of M to the genus of a surface that represents the dual of the first Stiefel-Whitney class of M. This is used to determine g₁ and g₂.     

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.     

Bounded 3-manifolds with Distance n Heegaard Splittings

We prove that for any integer n≥2 and g ≥ 2, there are bounded 3-manifolds admitting distance n, genus g Heegaard splittings with any given bound-aries.     

大距离Heegaard分解的三穿孔球面和

设$M_i~(i=1,2)$是一个紧致可定向的三维流形, $F_i$是$M_i$边界上的一个不可压缩曲面, $M=M_{1}\cup_{f}M_{2}$, 其中$f$是$F_1$到$F_2$一个同胚,对于具有特定条件的相粘曲面$F_i$, 如果$M_i$具有一个Heegaard距离至少是$2(g(M_1)+g(M_2))+1$的Heegaard分解,则$g(M)=g(M_1)+g(M_2)$.     

Heegaard Floer correction terms and rational genus bounds

Given an element in the first homology of a rational homology 3-sphere Y, one can consider the minimal rational genus of all knots in this homology class. This defines a function Θ   on _H1(Y;Z)$H_1(Y;\mathbb{Z})$, which was introduced by Turaev as an analogue of Thurston norm. We will give a lower bound for this function using the correction terms in Heegaard Floer homology. As a corollary, we show that Floer simple knots in L-spaces are genus minimizers in their homology classes, hence answer questions of Turaev and Rasmussen about genus minimizers in lens spaces.     

Branched spines and Heegaard genus of 3-manifolds

We prove that an invariant of closed 3-manifolds, called the block number, which is defined via flow-spines, equals the Heegaard genus, except for S ³ and S ² × S ¹. We also show that the underlying 3-manifold is uniquely determined by a neighborhood of the singularity of a flow-spine. This allows us to encode a closed 3-manifold by a sequence of signed labeled symbols. The behavior of the encoding under the connected sum and a criterion for reducibility are studied.     

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.     

A Lower Bound of the Genus of a Self-amalgamated 3-manifolds

Let M be a compact connected oriented 3-manifold with boundary, Q1, Q2 C 0M be two disjoint homeomorphic subsurfaces of cgM, and h ： Q1 → Q2 be an orientation-reversing homeomorphism. Denote by Mh or MQ1=Q2 the 3-manifold obtained from M by gluing Q1 and Q2 together via h. Mh is called a self-amalgamation of M along Q1 and Q2. Suppose Q1 and Q2 lie on the same component F1 of δM1, and F1 - Q1 ∪ Q2 is connected. We give a lower bound to the Heegaard genus of M when M＇ has a Heegaard splitting with sufficiently high distance.     

The Heegaard Genus of Amalgamated 3-Manifolds

Let M and M′ be simple 3-manifolds, each with connected boundary of genus at least two. Suppose that Mand M′ are glued via a homeomorphism between their boundaries. Then we show that, provided the gluing homeomorphism is ‘sufficiently complicated’, the Heegaard genus of the amalgamated manifold is completely determined by the Heegaard genus of Mand M′ and the genus of their common boundary. Here, a homeomorphism is ‘sufficiently complicated’ if it is the composition of a homeomorphism from the boundary ofM to some surface S, followed by a sufficiently high power of a pseudo-Anosov onS, followed by a homeomorphism to the boundary of M′. The proof uses the hyperbolic geometry of the amalgamated manifold, generalised Heegaard splittings and minimal surfaces.     

几乎交错环链补中的不可压缩曲面

In this paper,we discuss mainly the properties of incompressible pairwies incom- prcssiblc surfaccs in almost altcrnating link complcmcnts. Lct L bca almost link and lct F be an incompressible palrwise incompressible surface in S~3-L.First,we give the properties that the surface F intersects with 2-spheres in S~3-L.The intersection consisting of a collection of circles and saddle-shaped discs is called a topological graph.One can compute the Euler Characteristic number of the surface by calculating the characteristic number of the graph.Next,we prove that if the graph is special simple,then the genus of the surface is zero.     

On the Heegaard genus of contact 3-manifolds

It is well-known that the Heegaard genus is additive under connected sum of 3-manifolds. We show that the Heegaard genus of contact 3-manifolds is not necessarily additive under contact connected sum. We also prove some basic properties of the contact genus (a.k.a. open book genus [Rubinstein J.H., Comparing open book and Heegaard decompositions of 3-manifolds, Turkish J. Math., 2003, 27(1), 189–196]) of 3-manifolds, and compute this invariant for some 3-manifolds.     

The pants sum of high distance Heegaard splittings简

Let Mi be a compact orientable 3-manifold, and Fi be an incompressible surface on δMi, i -= 1,2. Let f ： F1 →F2 be a homeomorphism, and M = M1 UI M2. In this paper, under certain assumptions for the attaching surface Fi, we show that if both M1 and M2 have Heegaavd splittings with distance at least 2（g（M1）＋ g（M2））＋ 1, then g（M） = g（M1）＋g（M2）.