The growth rate of the tunnel number of \(m\)-small knots (Q1708451)
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The growth rate of the tunnel number of \(m\)-small knots (English)
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23 March 2018
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This paper calculates the growth rate of the tunnel number of \(m\)-small knots in compact connected orientable 3-manifolds in terms of their bridge indices. For beginners, it surveys prior results in this field and offers a couple of well-illustrated decompositions of the exteriors of such knots.
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knots
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3-manifolds
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decompositions of knot exteriors
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Heegaard splittings
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tunnel number
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growth rate
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