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A generalized bridge number for links in 3-manifolds

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  1. Mathematics Department, University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    H. Doll

  2. Department of Mathematics, Bloomsburg University, 17815, Bloomsburg, PA, USA

    H. Doll

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Research partially supported under NSF grant DMS 8901065

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Doll, H. A generalized bridge number for links in 3-manifolds. Math. Ann. 294, 701–717 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01934349

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