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arxiv: 0709.0376 · v2 · submitted 2007-09-04 · 🧮 math.GT

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An algorithm to determine the Heegaard genus of simple 3-manifolds with non-empty boundary

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We provide an algorithm to determine the Heegaard genus of simple 3-manifolds with non-empty boundary. More generally, we supply an algorithm to determine (up to ambient isotopy) all the Heegaard splittings of any given genus for the manifold. As a consequence, the tunnel number of a hyperbolic link is algorithmically computable. Our techniques rely on Rubinstein's work on almost normal surfaces, and also a new structure called a partially flat angled ideal triangulation.

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