Basket, flat plumbing and flat plumbing basket numbers of links
Geometric Topology
2012-11-13 v3
Abstract
We define the basket number, the flat plumbing number and the flat plumbing basket number of a link. Then we provide some upperbounds for these plumbing numbers by using Seifert's algorithm. We study the relation between these plumbing numbers and the genera of links.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0607079,
title = {Basket, flat plumbing and flat plumbing basket numbers of links},
author = {Yongju Bae and Dongseok Kim and Chan-Young Park},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607079},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial error in Theorem 2.2 and 2.4