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Heegaard Floer theory and property P

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This paper has been withdrawn due to an error in the proof. The paper implicitly assumed that every homotopically trivial knot is related to the unknot by negative crossings, which is false (as was pointed out to the author by Peter Ozsvath).

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0405385,
  title  = {Heegaard Floer theory and property P},
  author = {Siddhartha Gadgil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405385},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn

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