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Alexander Numbering of Knotted Surface Diagrams

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A formula that relates triple points, branch points, and their distances from infinity is presented. We recover trivial normal Euler classes for oriented surfaces, and formulas on signed triple points.

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@article{arxiv.math/9811084,
  title  = {Alexander Numbering of Knotted Surface Diagrams},
  author = {J. Scott Carter and Seiichi Kamada and Masahico Saito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9811084},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, 9 figures (files in eps format). Downloading of postscript file is better