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A semigroup of theta-curves in 3-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2010-05-04 v1

Abstract

We establish an existence and uniqueness theorem for prime decompositions of theta-curves in 33-manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1005.0308,
  title  = {A semigroup of theta-curves in 3-manifolds},
  author = {Sergei Matveev and Vladimir Turaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.0308},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures