Mathematical Research Letters

Volume 13, Issue 2, March 2006 pp. 287-306.

Reducing and toroidal Dehn fillings on $3$-manifolds bounded by two tori

Authors: Sangyop Lee
Author institution: Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Summary: We show that if $M$ is a simple $3$-manifold bounded by two tori such that $M(r_1)$ is reducible and $M(r_2)$ is toroidal, then $\Delta(r_1,r_2)\le 2$, answering a question raised by Gordon. To do this, we first prove that there exists only one simple $3$-manifold having two Dehn fillings of distance $3$ apart one of which yields a reducible manifold and the other yields a $3$-manifold containing a Klein bottle.

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