English Explanatory Dictionary

Heegaard splitting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.

Word forms

Heegaard splitting Heegaard splittings

Etymology

Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.

Synonyms

Heegaard decomposition
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