Quasipositive pretzels

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-123

  Rudolph, Lee ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Braidzel; Pretzel; Quasipositivity; Slice genus

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344579219     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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