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3-Manifolds, tangles and persistent invariants

Geometric Topology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

New obstructions for embedding one compact oriented 3-manifold in another are given. A theorem of D. Krebes concerning 4-tangles embedded in links arises as a special case. Algebraic and skein-theoretic generalizations for 2n-tangles provide invariants that persist in the corresponding invariants of links in which they embed. An example is given of a virtual 4-tangle for which Krebes's theorem does not hold.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405465,
  title  = {3-Manifolds, tangles and persistent invariants},
  author = {Jozef H. Przytycki and Daniel S. Silver and Susan G. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405465},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Plain TeX, 19 pages, 10 figures