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Thin position for a connected sum of small knots

Yo’av Rieck and Eric Sedgwick

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 2 (2002) 297–309

arXiv: math.GT/0205125

Abstract

We show that every thin position for a connected sum of small knots is obtained in an obvious way: place each summand in thin position so that no two summands intersect the same level surface, then connect the lowest minimum of each summand to the highest maximum of the adjacent summand below.

Keywords
3–manifold, connected sum of knots, thin position
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57M27
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Received: 7 January 2002
Accepted: 6 March 2002
Published: 24 April 2002
Authors
Yo’av Rieck
Department of Mathematics
Nara Women’s University
Kitauoya Nishimachi
Nara 630-8506
Japan
Department of Mathematics
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
USA
Eric Sedgwick
DePaul University
Department of Computer Science
243 S. Wabash Ave. - Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60604
USA