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Heegaard splittings

Heegaard splittings is the plural of Heegaard splitting.

Meaning of Heegaard splitting

Noun

Heegaard splitting (plural Heegaard splittings)

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

Questions about Heegaard splittings

What is Heegaard splittings the plural of?
Heegaard splittings is the plural of Heegaard splitting.

Words near Heegaard splittings in the dictionary

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

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