Open book decompositions of 3-manifolds

Myers, Robert

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0507346-5

Open book decompositions of $3$-manifolds
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by Robert Myers

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 72 (1978), 397-402

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0507346-5

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Abstract:

We prove that every closed, orientable 3-manifold has an open book decomposition with connected binding. We then give some applications of this result.

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