Abstract
Using Seifert fibered three-manifold examples of Boileau and Zieschang, we demonstrate that the Reshetikhin--Turaev quantum invariants may be used to provide a sharp lower bound on the Heegaard genus which is strictly larger than the rank of the fundamental group.
Citation
Helen Wong. "Quantum invariants can provide sharp Heegaard genus bounds." Osaka J. Math. 48 (3) 709 - 717, September 2011.
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