Links with free groups are trivial
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- by William S. Massey and Lorenzo Traldi PDF
- Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1981), 155-156 Request permission
Abstract:
In this note we extend a well-known consequence of Dehn’s Lemma to include tame links in the three-sphere.References
- C. D. Papakyriakopoulos, On Dehn’s lemma and the asphericity of knots, Ann. of Math. (2) 66 (1957), 1–26. MR 90053, DOI 10.2307/1970113
- Dale Rolfsen, Knots and links, Mathematics Lecture Series, No. 7, Publish or Perish, Inc., Berkeley, Calif., 1976. MR 0515288
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- © Copyright 1981 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1981), 155-156
- MSC: Primary 57M25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0603620-2
- MathSciNet review: 603620