Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 15, issue 3 (2015)

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Knots with compressible thin levels

Ryan Blair and Alexander Zupan

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 15 (2015) 1691–1715

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2015.15.1691

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