Minimal genus Seifert surfaces for alternating links

2011/06/16 by Jessica E. Banks, Banks, Jessica E. · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1106.3180

Abstract

We give a complete proof of results announced by Hirasawa and Sakuma describing explicitly the Kakimizu complex of a non-split, prime, special, alternating link.

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• Knots with many minimal genus Seifert surfaces
• Polytopes, dualities, and Floer homology

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