{ "id": "math/0702867", "version": "v1", "published": "2007-02-28T08:09:58.000Z", "updated": "2007-02-28T08:09:58.000Z", "title": "Closed incompressible surfaces of genus two in 3-bridge knot complements", "authors": [ "Makoto Ozawa" ], "comment": "13 pages, 15 figures (34 files)", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "In this paper, we characterize closed incompressible surfaces of genus two in the complements of 3-bridge knots and links. This characterization includes that of essential 2-string tangle decompositions for 3-bridge knots and links.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2007-02-28T08:09:58.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M25", "57Q35" ], "keywords": [ "knot complements", "tangle decompositions", "characterize closed incompressible surfaces", "characterization" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 13, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2007math......2867O" } } }