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Knots with infinitely many distinct Seifert surfaces
Geometry/Topology| Speaker: | Robin Wilson, UC Davis |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Wed, Nov 30 2005, 4:10PM |
We show that a knot in the 3-sphere with an infinite number of distinct incompressible Seifert surfaces contains a closed incompressible surface in its complement.