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An important method used to decompose into [[handlebody|handlebodies]] is the [[Heegaard splitting]], which gives |
An important method used to decompose into [[handlebody|handlebodies]] is the [[Heegaard splitting]], which gives a decomposition in two handlebodies of equal genus.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Quantum invariant|Quantum Invariants]] of Knots and 3-manifolds|first=Vladimir G. |last=Turaev|publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]|year= 1994|isbn=3-11-013704-6}}</ref> |
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==Examples== |
==Examples== |
Latest revision as of 12:17, 10 May 2024
In mathematics, a handle decomposition of a 3-manifold allows simplification of the original 3-manifold into pieces which are easier to study.
Heegaard splittings
[edit]An important method used to decompose into handlebodies is the Heegaard splitting, which gives a decomposition in two handlebodies of equal genus.[1]
Examples
[edit]As an example: lens spaces are orientable 3-spaces and allow decomposition into two solid tori, which are genus-one-handlebodies. The genus one non-orientable space is a space which is the union of two solid Klein bottles and corresponds to the twisted product of the 2-sphere and the 1-sphere: .
Orientability
[edit]Each orientable 3-manifold is the union of exactly two orientable handlebodies; meanwhile, each non-orientable one needs three orientable handlebodies.
Heegaard genus
[edit]The minimal genus of the glueing boundary determines what is known as the Heegaard genus. For non-orientable spaces an interesting invariant is the tri-genus.
References
[edit]- ^ Turaev, Vladimir G. (1994). Quantum Invariants of Knots and 3-manifolds. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-013704-6.
- J.C. Gómez Larrañaga, W. Heil, V.M. Núñez. Stiefel-Whitney surfaces and decompositions of 3-manifolds into handlebodies, Topology Appl. 60 (1994), 267-280.
- J.C. Gómez Larrañaga, W. Heil, V.M. Núñez. Stiefel-Whitney surfaces and the trigenus of non-orientable 3-manifolds, Manuscripta Math. 100 (1999), 405-422.