Classification of alternating knots with tunnel number one

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-185

  Lackenby, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645514881     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/cag.2005.v13.n1.a5     Document Type: Article

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