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Classification of unknotting tunnels for two bridge knots

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we show that any unknotting tunnel for a two bridge knot is isotopic to either one of known ones. This together with Morimoto-Sakuma's result gives the complete classification of unknotting tunnels for two bridge knots up to isotopies and homeomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.math/9911254,
  title  = {Classification of unknotting tunnels for two bridge knots},
  author = {Tsuyoshi Kobayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9911254},
  year   = {2007}
}

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32 pages. Published copy, also available at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTMon2/paper14.abs.html

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