On iterated torus knots and transversal knots

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2001, Pages 651-682

  Menasco, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Braids; Cabling; Contact structures; Exchange reducibility; Torus knots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141902071     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.651     Document Type: Article

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