Unknotting Information from 4-Manifolds

DOI10.2307/2000460zbMath0643.57006OpenAlexW4242482435MaRDI QIDQ3785622

Tim D. Cochran, W. B. R. Lickorish

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2000460

zbMATH Keywords

signaturebranched coversunknotting numberpretzel knotsintersection pairing of smooth 4-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20)

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