Thin position for a connected sum of small knots

DOI10.2140/AGT.2002.2.297MaRDI QIDQ5961119zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yo'av Rieck, Eric Sedgwick

Publication date 24 April 2002

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0205125, https://eudml.org/doc/121965, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol2/agt-2-14.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

widthsmall knot

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Abstract: We show that every thin position for a connected sum of small knots is obtained in an obvious way: place each summand in thin position so that no two summands intersect the same level surface, then connect the lowest minimum of each summand to the highest maximum of the adjacent summand below.

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