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On links minimizing the tunnel number

Geometric Topology 2020-06-03 v1

Abstract

We show a combinatorial argument in the diagram of large class of links, including satellite and hyperbolic links, where for each of which the tunnel number is the minimum possible, the number of its components minus one.

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@article{arxiv.2006.01729,
  title  = {On links minimizing the tunnel number},
  author = {Darlan Girão and João M. Nogueira and António Salgueiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.01729},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 7 figures

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