Homeomorphisms of the 3-sphere that preserve a Heegaard splitting of genus two

Sangbum Cho

Published 2006-11-24, updated 2007-04-19Version 2

Let ${\mathcal H}$ be the group of isotopy classes of orientation preserving homeomorphisms of $S^3$ that preserve a Heegaard splitting of genus two. In this paper, we use a tree in the barycentric subdivision of the disk complex of a handlebody of the splitting to obtain a finite presentation of ${\mathcal H}$.