Basket, flat plumbing and flat plumbing basket numbers of links
arXiv:math/0607079
Abstract
We define the basket number, the flat plumbing number and the flat plumbing basket number of a link. Then we provide some upperbounds for these plumbing numbers by using Seifert's algorithm. We study the relation between these plumbing numbers and the genera of links.
This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial error in Theorem 2.2 and 2.4