On non-compact Heegaard splittings

Details On non-compact Heegaard splittings On non-compact Heegaard splittings

2006-02-26

arxiv.org/abs/math/0602581v2

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

54 pages, 8 figures; Version 2 corrected typos, added references, improved Section 6 exposition

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A Heegaard splitting of an open 3-manifold is the partition of the manifold into two non-compact handlebodies which intersect on their common boundary. This paper proves several non-compact analogues of theorems about compact Heegaard splittings. The main theorem is: if N is a compact, connected, orientable 3-manifold with non-empty boundary, containing no S^2 components, and if M is obtained from N by removing the boundary then any two Heegaard splittings of M are properly ambient isotopic. This is a non-compact analogue of the classifications of splittings of (closed surface) x I and (closed surface) x S^1 by Scharlemann-Thompson and Schultens. Work of Frohman-Meeks and a non-compact analogue of the Casson-Gordon theorem on weakly reducible Heegaard splittings are key tools.

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