Computing immersed normal surfaces in the figure-eight knot complement

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-84

  Rannard, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033245669     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.1999.10504390     Document Type: Article

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