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A Seifert algorithm for knotted surfaces (English)
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15 June 1997
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It is well known that any knot in \(\mathbb{R}^{3}\) bounds an orientable surface. The algorithm to construct it from a plane projection is called the Seifert algorithm. A similar algorithm to construct a \(3\)-manifold bounding a given surface in \(\mathbb{R}^{4}\) is introduced in the paper under review. It uses generically immersed projections to \(\mathbb{R}^{3}\) and generalizes the algorithm given by \textit{C. A. Giller} [Ill. J. Math. 26, 591-631 (1982; Zbl 0485.57013)] which can only apply to projections without triple points. As an application the authors describe how to obtain Heegaard diagrams of the bounding \(3\)-manifolds.
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Seifert algorithm
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Heegaard diagrams
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knotted surface
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