Meridional Almost Normal Surfaces in Knot Complements
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Suppose K is a knot in a closed 3-manifold M such that M −N(K) is irreducible. We show that for any integer b there exists a triangulation of M −N(K) such that any weakly incompressible bridge surface for K of b bridges or fewer is isotopic to an almost normal bridge surface.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008