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arxiv: math/0011006 · v1 · submitted 2000-11-01 · 🧮 math.GT

Incompressible surfaces in link complements

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We generalize a theorem of Finkelstein and Moriah and show that if a link $L$ has a $2n$-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 $L$.

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