arXiv Analytics

Sign in

arXiv:math/0203149 [math.GT]AbstractReferencesReviewsResources

Thin Position for Tangles

David Bachman, Saul Schleimer

Published 2002-03-15Version 1

If a tangle, K, in the 3-ball has no planar, meridional, essential surfaces in its exterior then thin position for K has no thin levels.

Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
Journal: Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, Vol.12, No.1 (2003) 117-122.
Categories: math.GT
Subjects: 57M25
Related articles: Most relevant | Search more
arXiv:1606.03331 [math.GT] (Published 2016-06-10)
Thin position for knots, links, and graphs in 3-manifolds
arXiv:1010.3220 [math.GT] (Published 2010-10-15)
Properties of knots preserved by cabling
arXiv:math/0610866 [math.GT] (Published 2006-10-27)
Thin position and essential planar surfaces

Links

Toolbox