On boundary primitive manifolds and a theorem of Casson-Gordon

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 571-579

  Moriah, Yoav ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heegaard splittings; Irreducible; Primitive meridian; Weakly reducible

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038352021     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(01)00303-0     Document Type: Article

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