Incompressible surfaces in 2-bridge knot complements

DOI10.1007/BF01388971zbMath0602.57002MaRDI QIDQ1081892

William P. Thurston, Allen E. Hatcher

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143193

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hyperbolicSeifert surfacesnon-Haken 3-manifoldscomplement of a 2-bridge knotincompressible and \(\partial \)-incompressible surfaces

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