Closed incompressible surfaces in alternating knot and link complements

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DOI10.1016/0040-9383(84)90023-5zbMath0525.57003OpenAlexW2150618064MaRDI QIDQ585571

William W. Menasco

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(84)90023-5



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