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On the degeneration ratio of tunnel numbers and free tangle decompositions of knots

Kanji Morimoto

Geometry & Topology Monographs 12 (2007) 265–275

DOI: 10.2140/gtm.2007.12.265

arXiv: 0904.0014

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a notion called n/k–free tangle and study the degeneration ratio of tunnel numbers of knots.

Keywords

knots, tunnel numbers, n⁄k–free tangles

Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 57M25, 57N10

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Received: 5 December 2005
Revised: 14 July 2006
Accepted: 16 July 2006
Published: 3 December 2007

Authors
Kanji Morimoto
Department of IS and Mathematics
Konan University
Higashi-Nada
Okamoto 8-9-1
Kobe 658-8501
Japan