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Bounding canonical genus bounds volume

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A Seifert surface for a knot K is called canonical if it can be built by applying Seifert's algorithm to some projection of K. The canonical genus of K is the smallest genus of a surface so obtained. In this paper we show that there is a bound on the volume of a hyperbolic knot which admits a canonical surface of genus g. The bound can, in fact, be chosen to be linear in g.

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@article{arxiv.math/9809142,
  title  = {Bounding canonical genus bounds volume},
  author = {Mark Brittenham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9809142},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, including 8 figures