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In this paper, we will give a sufficient condition for the self-amalgamation of a handlebody to be strongly irreducible.
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Dedicated to Professor Banghe LI on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Supported in part by NSFC (12071051) and the National Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (2020-MS-244) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT21LAB302).
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Ma, L., Liang, L. & Lei, F. Strongly irreducible self-amalgamation of a handlebody. Acta Math Sci 42, 2336–2342 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10473-022-0608-8
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