We prove the following strengthened version of Dehn's lemma: if a knot in a three-sphere possesses a compressing disc which intersects with the knot at only two points of opposite sign, then it is the unknot. This result was conjectured by Greene-Wiest.
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Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Microsoft Res, Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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Freedman, Michael
Scharlemann, Martin
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