Connected sums of unstabilized Heegaard splittings are unstabilized

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2004-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/math/0404058v3

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Geometric Topology

41 pages, 19 figures. This is a complete revision to remove the assumption that the component manifolds are irreducible, there

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Let M_1 and M_2 be closed, orientable 3-manifolds. Let H_i denote a Heegaard surface in M_i. We prove that if H_1 # H_2 comes from stabilizing a lower genus splitting of M_1 # M_2 then either H_1 or H_2 comes from stabilizing a lower genus splitting. If H_i and G_i are non-isotopic Heegaard surfaces in M_i, and H_i is unstabilized, then we show H_1 # H_2 is not isotopic to G_1 # G_2 in M_1 # M_2. The former result answers a question of C. Gordon (Problem 3.91 from Kirby's problem list).

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