## Kodai Mathematical Journal

### Surfaces in $3$-manifolds: group actions on surface bundles

Iain R. Aitchison

#### Article information

Source
Kodai Math. J. Volume 17, Number 3 (1994), 549-559.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 23 January 2006

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kmj/1138040050

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2996/kmj/1138040050

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1296926

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0847.57019

#### Citation

Aitchison, Iain R. Surfaces in $3$-manifolds: group actions on surface bundles. Kodai Math. J. 17 (1994), no. 3, 549--559. doi:10.2996/kmj/1138040050. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.kmj/1138040050.

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