Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2012-01-17
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
This is the final version, to appear in Mathematische Annalen. This paper combines the results in arxiv:0903.1692, 0903.1695,
Scientific paper
Let M_1 and M_2 be compact, orientable 3-manifolds with incompressible boundary, and M the manifold obtained by gluing with a homeomorphism $\phi:\bdy M_1 \to \bdy M_2$. We analyze the relationship between the sets of low genus Heegaard splittings of M_1, M_2, and M, assuming the map \phi is "sufficiently complicated." This analysis yields counter-examples to the Stabilization Conjecture, a resolution of the higher genus analogue of a conjecture of Gordon, and a result about the uniqueness of expressions of Heegaard splittings as amalgamations.
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