3-manifolds with planar presentations and the width of satellite knots
3-manifolds with planar presentations and the width of satellite knots
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DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9947-05-03767-0
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发表时间:
2003-04
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
M. Scharlemann;J. Schultens
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作者:
M. Scharlemann;J. Schultens
We consider compact 3-manifolds M having a submersion h to R in which each generic point inverse is a planar surface. The standard height function on a submanifold of S 3 is a motivating example. To (M, h) we associate a connectivity graph Γ. For M ⊂ S 3 , Γ is a tree if and only if there is a Fox reimbedding of M which carries horizontal circles to a complete collection of complementary meridian circles. On the other hand, if the connectivity graph of S 3 - M is a tree, then there is a level-preserving reimbedding of M so that S 3 - M is a connected sum of handlebodies. Corollary. • The width of a satellite knot is no less than the width of its pattern knot and so • w(K 1 #K 2 ) > max(w(K 1 ), w(K 2 )).