Bridge spheres for the unknot are topologically minimal

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Abstract

Topologically minimal surfaces were defined by Bachman as topological analogues of geometrically minimal surfaces, and one can associate a topological index to each topologically minimal surface. We show that an (n+1)-bridge sphere for the unknot is a topologically minimal surface of index at most n.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)437-443
Number of pages7
JournalPacific Journal of Mathematics
Volume282
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016.06.1

Keywords

  • Bridge splitting
  • Disk complex
  • Topologically minimal surface
  • Unknot

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Mathematics

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