Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 8, issue 3 (2008)

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Meridional almost normal surfaces in knot complements

Robin Todd Wilson

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 8 (2008) 1717–1740

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2008.8.1717

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