On the Cut Number of a 3-manifold
Shelly L Harvey
Abstract
The question was raised as to whether the cut number of a 3-manifold X is bounded from below by 1/3 beta1(X). We show that the answer to this question is `no.' For each m>0, we construct explicit examples of closed 3-manifolds X with beta1(X)=m and cut number 1. That is, pi1(X) cannot map onto any non-abelian free group. Moreover, we show that these examples can be assumed to be hyperbolic.
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