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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Cite
@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