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Thin position for knots in a 3-manifold
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Thin position for knots in a 3-manifold

Maggy Tomova
Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Vol.80(1), pp.85-98
09/24/2006
DOI: 10.1112/jlms/jdp009
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0609674View
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Abstract

We extend the notion of thin multiple Heegaard splittings of a link in a 3-manifold to take into consideration not only compressing disks but also cut-disks for the Heegaard surfaces. We prove that if H is a c-strongly compressible bridge surface for a link K contained in a closed orientable irreducible 3-manifold M then one of the following is satisfied: H is stabilized, H is meridionally stabilized, H is perturbed, a component of K is removable, M contains an essential meridional surface.
Mathematics - Geometric Topology

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