We wish to study the geometry and topology of 3-manifolds. To this end we will need the central notion of spine of a 3-manifold. Indeed, we will be able to refine the notion of spine to get a class of spines that give us a natural presentation of 3-manifolds.
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(2007). Simple and Special Polyhedra. In: Algorithmic Topology and Classification of 3-Manifolds. Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45899-9_1
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