2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/145829Using Seifert fibered three-manifold examples of Boileau and Zieschang, we demonstrate that the Reshetikhin-Turaev quantum invariants may be used to provide a sharp lower bound on the Heegaard genus which is strictly larger than the rank of the fundamental group.8 pagesGeometric Topology57M27Quantum invariants can provide sharp Heegaard genus boundstext