Knots and surfaces

Ozawa, Makoto

doi:10.1090/suga/442

Knots and surfaces
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by Makoto Ozawa
Translated by: Makoto Ozawa

Sugaku Expositions 32 (2019), 155-179

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/suga/442

Published electronically: September 26, 2019

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Abstract:

This article is an English translation of the Japanese article, `‘Musubime to Kyokumen”, Math. Soc. Japan, Sugaku Vol. 67, No. 4 (2015), pp. 403–423. It surveys a specific area in Knot Theory concerning surfaces in knot exteriors.

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