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= Heegaard splitting
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Heegaard splitting is a concept from the field of topology, specifically in the study of 3-manifolds. It provides a way to understand the structure of a 3-manifold by decomposing it into simpler pieces. The key idea revolves around the partitioning of a 3-manifold into two "handlebodies.