Simple Closed Curves on Surraces

DOI10.1112/BLMS/1.3.310zbMATH0182.57603OpenAlexW1997327395MaRDI QIDQ5572937FDOQ5572937

Authors D. R. J. Chillingworth

Publication date 1969

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/blms/1.3.310

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmsimple closed curvesconnected compact 2-manifoldelement of fundamental group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05)

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