Notions of spanning surface equivalence

Eisner, Julian R.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0402716-6

Notions of spanning surface equivalence

Author: Julian R. Eisner
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 56 (1976), 345-348
MSC: Primary 55A25; Secondary 57C25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0402716-6
MathSciNet review: 0402716
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Abstract: We show that two natural notions of spanning surface equivalence differ for minimal spanning surfaces of knots in ${S^3}$ .

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