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Incompressible surfaces in link complements

arXiv:math/0011006

Abstract

We generalize a theorem of Finkelstein and Moriah and show that if a link has a -plat projection satisfying certain conditions, then its complement contains some closed essential surfaces. In most cases these surfaces remain essential after any totally nontrivial surgery on .

7 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Proc. AMS

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