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arxiv: 0710.1262 · v2 · submitted 2007-10-05 · 🧮 math.GT

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Algorithmically detecting the bridge number of hyperbolic knots

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We exhibit an algorithm to determine the bridge number of a hyperbolic knot in the 3-sphere. The proof uses adaptations of almost normal surface theory for compact surfaces with boundary in ideally triangulated knot exteriors.

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