Uniqueness of bridge surfaces for 2-bridge knots
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Uniqueness of bridge surfaces for 2-bridge knots
Any 2-bridge knot in S has a bridge sphere from which any other bridge surface can be obtained by stabilization, meridional stabilization, perturbation and proper isotopy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0305-0041,1469-8064
DOI: 10.1017/s0305004107000977