On the tunnel number and the Morse-Novikov number of knots

DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.627MaRDI QIDQ969656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Pajitnov

Publication date 7 May 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2254

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialtunnel numberMorse-Novikov number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R35)

Abstract: We prove that the Morse-Novikov number of a link L in a 3-sphere is less than or equal to twice the tunnel number of L.

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