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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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On a group that cannot be the group of a $2$-knot
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by Kunio Murasugi
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (1977), 154-156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0440530-7

Abstract:

It is proved that a homomorph of the group of trefoil knot cannot be the group of a 2-knot in 4-sphere.
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (1977), 154-156
  • MSC: Primary 55A25
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0440530-7
  • MathSciNet review: 0440530