TY - JOUR AU - Montesinos Amilibia, José María AU - Birman, Joan S. PY - 1980 SN - 0026-2285 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64704 T2 - Michigan Mathematical Journal AB - This paper deals with Heegaard splittings and Heegaard diagrams (denoted H-diagrams). Two interesting examples are given which shed light on certain questions about "minimality'' of H-diagrams. An H-diagram is a quadruple (M,F,v,w), where M is a... LA - eng M2 - 47 PB - Michigan Mathematical Journal KW - minimal Heegaard splittings TI - On minimal Heegaard splittings TY - journal article VL - 27 ER -