Z2-Thurston Norm and Complexity of 3-Manifolds
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boundcomplexitynormz2-thurstoncharacterisedconsistingdiscsentirely
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A new lower bound on the complexity of a 3-manifold is given using the Z2-Thurston norm. This bound is shown to be sharp, and the minimal triangulations realising it are characterised using normal surfaces consisting entirely of quadrilateral discs.
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