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If we have a single substantial arc and the result of cutting along that arc is a pair of mates a, a read with that orientation, then the surface with which we started was a Mobius band. Because handle sliding is trickier in the non-orientable case than it is in the orientable case, the general discussion of non- orientable surfaces is postponed until Chapter 2. 24 indicates that handle slides can be understood as intrinsic topological deformations. The act of sliding handles can be understood in a rigorous algebraic setting as follows.
In the planar surfaces the number of substantial arcs is one less than the number of circles on the boundary. Either the number of boundary circles or the number of substantial arcs can be used to distinguish the planar surfaces. Even under the plastic deformations that are allowed for golden fleece, neither the number of substantial arcs nor the number of boundary components changes. Let me elaborate. 2. 7: Deforming surfaces and their substantial arcs derlying topology remains unchanged. More specifically , a homeomorphism is a continuous transformation that can be undone in a continuous fashion .
If the rank is one less than the number of boundary circles, then the surface fits into the plane. Let us examine the status of this statement. First, I have asserted that the number of boundary circles and the rank of a surface are topological invariants. That is, if two surfaces have either a different number of boundary components or they have differing ranks, then the surfaces are not topologically equivalent. That assertion follows from the intuitive property of continuous functions. The next assertion is that if these numbers are the same, then the surfaces are topologically the same.