Foliations of and related knot complements
Authors:
John Cantwell and Lawrence Conlon
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 118 (1993), 953-962
MSC:
Primary 57R30; Secondary 57M25
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1151808-5
MathSciNet review:
1151808
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Abstract: The depth one foliations with a single compact leaf are classified for twist knots and pretzel knots .
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1151808-5
Keywords:
Depth one foliation,
taut,
knot complement,
Thurston norm
Article copyright:
© Copyright 1993
American Mathematical Society