THIN POSITION FOR TANGLES

DOI10.1142/S0218216503002342zbMATH Open1032.57003arXivmath/0203149MaRDI QIDQ4414979FDOQ4414979

Authors: David Bachman, Saul Schleimer 

Publication date: 9 March 2004

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: If a tangle, K, in the 3-ball has no planar, meridional, essential surfaces in its exterior then thin position for K has no thin levels.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0203149

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zbMATH Keywords

tanglethin positionmeridional planar essenetial surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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