A criterion for detecting inequivalent tunnels for a knot

DOI10.1017/S0305004100068766zbMath0714.57002OpenAlexW2049360207MaRDI QIDQ3200252

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100068766

zbMATH Keywords

2-bridge knotsunknotting tunnelsHeegard-decompositions of the knot complementincompressible Seifert surfacestunnel for a knot

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