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In this chapter, Seifert surfaces for links are introduced. The notions of an incompressible Seifert surface, a minimal genus Seifert surface, and a fiber Seifert surface are discussed with respect to Murasugi sums.
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Kawauchi, A. (1996). Seifert surfaces I: a topological approach. In: A Survey of Knot Theory. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9227-8_5
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