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December 2003 Minimally Knotted Spatial Graphs are Totally Knotted
Makoto OZAWA, Yukihiro TSUTSUMI
Tokyo J. Math. 26(2): 413-421 (December 2003). DOI: 10.3836/tjm/1244208599

Abstract

Applying Jaco's Handle Addition Lemma, we give a condition for a $3$-manifold to have an incompressible boundary. As an application, we show that the boundary of the exterior of a minimally knotted planar graph is incompressible.

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Makoto OZAWA. Yukihiro TSUTSUMI. "Minimally Knotted Spatial Graphs are Totally Knotted." Tokyo J. Math. 26 (2) 413 - 421, December 2003. https://doi.org/10.3836/tjm/1244208599

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Published: December 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 5 June 2009

zbMATH: 1042.57002
MathSciNet: MR2020794
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3836/tjm/1244208599

Rights: Copyright © 2003 Publication Committee for the Tokyo Journal of Mathematics

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