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Quasipositive pretzels

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

A necessary and sufficient condition for an oriented pretzel surface to be quasipositive yields an estimate for the slice genus of the boundary of an arbitrary oriented pretzel surface.

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@article{arxiv.math/9908028,
  title  = {Quasipositive pretzels},
  author = {Lee Rudolph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9908028},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, 8 figures; revised Feb. 22, 2000; to appear in Topology and its Applications