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Heegaard splitting

Heegaard splitting noun: the decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.

Noun

Heegaard splitting (plural Heegaard splittings)

  1. The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.

Synonyms of Heegaard splitting

Forms of Heegaard splitting

pluralHeegaard splittings

Origin of Heegaard splitting

Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.

Questions about Heegaard splitting

What does Heegaard splitting mean?
Heegaard splitting means the decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.
What part of speech is Heegaard splitting?
Heegaard splitting is a noun.
What is the plural of Heegaard splitting?
The plural of Heegaard splitting is Heegaard splittings.

Words near Heegaard splitting in the dictionary

  1. heeey
  2. Heeg
  3. Heegaard
  4. Heegaard decomposition
  5. Heegaard decompositions
  6. Heegaard splitting
  7. Heegaard splittings
  8. Heeger
  9. Heegers
  10. Heegner
  11. Heegner number

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