Closed incompressible surfaces of genus two in 3-bridge knot complements

2007/02/28 by Makoto Ozawa, Ozawa, Makoto
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #57M25 #57Q35 #Connective tissue disorders research #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0702867

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Abstract

In this paper, we characterize closed incompressible surfaces of genus two in the complements of 3-bridge knots and links. This characterization includes that of essential 2-string tangle decompositions for 3-bridge knots and links.

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