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Dehn filling, reducible 3-manifolds, and Klein bottles

Author(s): Seungsang Oh
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 289-296.
MSC (1991): Primary 57M25, 57M99, 57N10
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Abstract: Let $M$ be a compact, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold whose boundary is a torus. We announce that if two Dehn fillings create reducible manifold and manifold containing Klein bottle, then the maximal distance is three.


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Seungsang Oh
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, KAIST, 373-1 Kusungdong Yusunggu, Taejeon, Korea 305-701
Email: soh@math.utexas.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-98-03978-1
PII: S 0002-9939(98)03978-1
Keywords: Dehn filling, reducible, Klein bottle, 3-manifold
Received by editor(s): April 8, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 31, 1996
Communicated by: Ronald Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society


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