The Culler-Shalen seminorms of the (-2,3,n) pretzel knot

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1251-1289

  Mattman, Thomas W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A polynomial; Character variety; Culler Shalen seminorm; Dehn surgery; Fundamental polygon; Newton polygon; Pretzel knot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036972010     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216502002232     Document Type: Article

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