Markov's theorem in 3-manifolds

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-122

  Lambropoulou, Sofia ^a,b   Rourke, Colin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 manifold; Band move; Braid; Isotopy; Knot; Knot complement; L move; Link; Markov equivalence; Mixed diagram

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000618779     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-8641(96)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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