Basket, flat plumbing and flat plumbing basket numbers of links

2006/07/04 by Yongju Bae, Bae, Yongju, Dongseok Kim +3
Mathematics · #57M25 #57M27 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #math.GT #msc:57M25 #msc:57M27

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0607079

This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial error in Theorem 2.2 and 2.4

arxiv created 2012/11/10 · arxiv updated 2012/11/13

Abstract

We define the basket number, the flat plumbing number and the flat plumbing basket number of a link. Then we provide some upperbounds for these plumbing numbers by using Seifert's algorithm. We study the relation between these plumbing numbers and the genera of links.

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