TY - JOUR
T1 - Disk complexes and genus two Heegaard splittings for nonprime 3-manifolds
AU - Cho, Sangbum
AU - Koda, Yuya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Given a genus two Heegaard splitting for a nonprime 3-manifold, we define a special subcomplex of the disk complex for one of the handlebodies of the splitting, and then show that it is contractible. As applications, first we show that the complex of Haken spheres for the splitting is contractible, which refines the results of Lei and Lei-Zhang. Secondly, we classify all the genus two Heegaard splittings for nonprime 3-manifolds, which is a generalization of the result of Montesinos-Safont. Finally, we show that the mapping class group of the splitting, called the Goeritz group, is finitely presented by giving its explicit presentation.
AB - Given a genus two Heegaard splitting for a nonprime 3-manifold, we define a special subcomplex of the disk complex for one of the handlebodies of the splitting, and then show that it is contractible. As applications, first we show that the complex of Haken spheres for the splitting is contractible, which refines the results of Lei and Lei-Zhang. Secondly, we classify all the genus two Heegaard splittings for nonprime 3-manifolds, which is a generalization of the result of Montesinos-Safont. Finally, we show that the mapping class group of the splitting, called the Goeritz group, is finitely presented by giving its explicit presentation.
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U2 - 10.1093/imrn/rnu061
DO - 10.1093/imrn/rnu061
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941915817
SN - 1073-7928
VL - 2015
SP - 4344
EP - 4371
JO - International Mathematics Research Notices
JF - International Mathematics Research Notices
IS - 12
ER -