Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 7, issue 2 (2007)

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Saddle tangencies and the distance of Heegaard splittings

Tao Li

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 7 (2007) 1119–1134

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2007.7.1119

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