An intrinsic characterization of \(p\)-symmetric Heegaard splittings (Q2782223)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1727764
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An intrinsic characterization of \(p\)-symmetric Heegaard splittings
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1727764

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    2 May 2002
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    3-manifolds
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    Heegaard splittings
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    cyclic branched coverings
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    links
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    plats
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    bridge number
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    braid number
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    An intrinsic characterization of \(p\)-symmetric Heegaard splittings (English)
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    The author improves the result of Birman and Hilden proving that every \(p\)-fold strictly cyclic branched covering of a \(b\)-bridge link in \(S^3\) admits a \(p\)-symmetric Heegaard splitting of genus \(g=(b-1)(p-1)\).NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0983.00046].
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