Chinese Quarterly Journal of Mathematics ›› 2007, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 621-626.

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Incompressible Surfaces in Almost Alternating Link Exteriors

  

  1. School of Mathematics,Liaoning Normal University,Dalian 116029,China
  • Received:2006-12-30 Online:2007-12-30 Published:2023-10-24
  • About author: HAN You-fa(1962-), male, native of Changchun, Jilin, a professor of Liaoning Normal University, Ph.D., engages in low-dimension topology.
  • Supported by:
     Supported by NSF of China(10171024); Supported by Liaoning Educational Committee(05L208);

Abstract: In this paper,we discuss mainly the properties of incompressible pairwies incom- prcssiblc surfaccs in almost altcrnating link complcmcnts. Lct L bca almost link and lct F be an incompressible palrwise incompressible surface in S3-L.First,we give the properties that the surface F intersects with 2-spheres in S3-L.The intersection consisting of a collection of circles and saddle-shaped discs is called a topological graph.One can compute the Euler Characteristic number of the surface by calculating the characteristic number of the graph.Next,we prove that if the graph is special simple,then the genus of the surface is zero.

Key words: almost alternating link, incompressible pairwise incompressible surface, stan- dard position, genus

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