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Width complexes for
knots and 3-manifolds
Jennifer Schultens |
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Vol. 239 (2009), No. 1, 135–156
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Abstract |
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We define the width complexes for knots and 3-manifolds. We consider basic cases and reformulate the stabilization problem for Heegaard splittings from this point of view. |
Keywords
width of knots, width of 3-manifolds, Cerf theory
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57N10
Secondary: 57M25
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Milestones
Received: 28 January 2008
Revised: 30 July 2008
Accepted: 1 August 2008
Published: 1 January 2009
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Authors |
| Jennifer Schultens | |
| Department of Mathematics 1 Shields Avenue University of California Davis, CA 95616 United States |
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