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Mathematical Research Letters
Volume 1 (1994)
Number 5
Thin Position and the Recognition Problem for $\bold{S^3}$
Pages: 613 – 630
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MRL.1994.v1.n5.a9
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Abstract
We describe a modified version of Rubinstein’s algorithm to detect the 3-sphere and use thin position combined with standard 3-manifold techniques to prove that the algorithm works.
Published 1 January 1994