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In the present paper, we characterize the bordered 3–manifolds with genus 1 D–splittings and SD–splittings. We also describe a minimal genus SD–splitting for a handlebody and surface × I.
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Work supported in part by a grant (No.10171024) of NSFC and a grant of the Outstanding Youth Fellowship of Heilongjiang Province
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Lei, F.C., Li, Y. SD–splittings for Some Bordered 3–Manifolds. Acta Math Sinica 22, 1481–1484 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-005-0732-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-005-0732-0