The primitive curve complex for a handlebody

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Main Authors: Cho, Sangbum, Lee, Jung Hoon
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Published: 2024
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author Cho, Sangbum
Lee, Jung Hoon
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Lee, Jung Hoon
contents A simple closed curve in the boundary surface of a handlebody is called primitive if there exists an essential disk in the handlebody whose boundary circle intersects the curve transversely in a single point. The primitive curve complex is then defined to be the full subcomplex of the curve complex for the boundary surface, spanned by the vertices of primitive curves. Given any two primitive curves, we construct a sequence of primitive curves from one to the other one satisfying a certain property. As a consequence, we prove that the primitive curve complex for the handlebody is connected.
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spellingShingle The primitive curve complex for a handlebody
Cho, Sangbum
Lee, Jung Hoon
Geometric Topology
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A simple closed curve in the boundary surface of a handlebody is called primitive if there exists an essential disk in the handlebody whose boundary circle intersects the curve transversely in a single point. The primitive curve complex is then defined to be the full subcomplex of the curve complex for the boundary surface, spanned by the vertices of primitive curves. Given any two primitive curves, we construct a sequence of primitive curves from one to the other one satisfying a certain property. As a consequence, we prove that the primitive curve complex for the handlebody is connected.
title The primitive curve complex for a handlebody
topic Geometric Topology
57K30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02184