Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum

UDC 515.162 Let $M$ be a compact 3-manifold containing an essential annulus $A$  separating $M$ into two manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2.$ We prove that if, for each $i=1,2,$ $g(M_i) \geq 2$  and $M_i$ admits a Heegaard splitting with Heegaard distance not smaller than $2\bigl(g(M_1) + g(M_2)\bigr) - 1,$ t...

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Hauptverfasser: Guo, Qi-Long, Dai, Qian-Hui, Wang, Shu-Xin
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description UDC 515.162 Let $M$ be a compact 3-manifold containing an essential annulus $A$  separating $M$ into two manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2.$ We prove that if, for each $i=1,2,$ $g(M_i) \geq 2$  and $M_i$ admits a Heegaard splitting with Heegaard distance not smaller than $2\bigl(g(M_1) + g(M_2)\bigr) - 1,$ then $g(M) = g(M_1) + g(M_2).$ As a corollary, we present a sufficient condition for the superadditivity of the tunnel number of knots under connected sum.
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spelling umjimathkievua-article-95722026-07-24T15:24:12Z Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum Guo, Qi-Long Dai, Qian-Hui Wang, Shu-Xin Guo, Qi-Long Dai, Qian-Hui Wang, Shu-Xin Heegaard genus, Heegaard distance, annulus sum, Topology UDC 515.162 Let $M$ be a compact 3-manifold containing an essential annulus $A$  separating $M$ into two manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2.$ We prove that if, for each $i=1,2,$ $g(M_i) \geq 2$  and $M_i$ admits a Heegaard splitting with Heegaard distance not smaller than $2\bigl(g(M_1) + g(M_2)\bigr) - 1,$ then $g(M) = g(M_1) + g(M_2).$ As a corollary, we present a sufficient condition for the superadditivity of the tunnel number of knots under connected sum. УДК 515.162 Адитивність родів Гіґаарда щодо кільцевої суми Нехай $M$ – компактний 3-многовид, що містить суттєве кільце $A,$ яке розділяє $M$ на два многовиди $M_1$ і $M_2.$ Доведено, що якщо для кожного $i=1,2$ виконується умова $g(M_i)\geq 2$ і многовид $M_i$ допускає розщеплення Гіґаарда з відстанню Гіґаарда не меншою, ніж $2\bigl(g(M_1)+g(M_2)\bigr)-1,$ то $g(M)=g(M_1)+g(M_2).$ Як наслідок отримано достатню умову суперадитивності тунельного числа вузлів у зв'язній сумі. Institute of Mathematics, NAS of Ukraine 2026-07-24 Article Article https://umj.imath.kiev.ua/index.php/umj/article/view/9572 10.3842/umzh.v78i7-8.9572 Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal; Vol. 78 No. 7-8 (2026); 603–604 Український математичний журнал; Том 78 № 7-8 (2026); 603–604 1027-3190 en https://umj.imath.kiev.ua/index.php/umj/article/view/9572/10685 Copyright (c) 2026 Qi-Long Guo, Qian-Hui Dai, Shu-Xin Wang
spellingShingle Guo, Qi-Long
Dai, Qian-Hui
Wang, Shu-Xin
Guo, Qi-Long
Dai, Qian-Hui
Wang, Shu-Xin
Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_alt Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_full Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_fullStr Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_full_unstemmed Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_short Additivity of Heegaard genera under annulus sum
title_sort additivity of heegaard genera under annulus sum
topic_facet Heegaard genus
Heegaard distance
annulus sum,
Topology
url https://umj.imath.kiev.ua/index.php/umj/article/view/9572
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