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An algorithm to find vertical tori in small Seifert fiber spaces

  • Tao Li

    Boston College, Chestnut Hill, United States
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Abstract

We give an algorithm to find vertical essential tori in small Seifert fiber spaces with infinite fundamental group. This implies that there are algorithms to decide whether a 3-manifold is a Seifert fiber space.

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Tao Li, An algorithm to find vertical tori in small Seifert fiber spaces. Comment. Math. Helv. 81 (2006), no. 4, pp. 727–753

DOI 10.4171/CMH/71