AN INFINITE FAMILY OF CASSON HANDLES AND THE RASMUSSEN INVARIANT OF A KNOT

DOI10.1142/S0218216511009297zbMath1226.57014MaRDI QIDQ3094844

Toshifumi Tanaka

Publication date: 27 October 2011

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Rasmussen invariantCasson handlesdoubled knots

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