In this paper, we will give a sufficient condition for the self-amalgamation of a handlebody to be strongly irreducible.
Liyuan MA
,
Liang LIANG
,
Fengchun LEI
. STRONGLY IRREDUCIBLE SELF-AMALGAMATION OF A HANDLEBODY[J]. Acta mathematica scientia, Series B, 2022
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: 2336
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DOI: 10.1007/s10473-022-0608-8
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