• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.321-348
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• 2009

In this paper, we give two lower bounds on the diameter of the boundary slope set of a Montesinos knot. One is described in terms of the minimal crossing numbers of the knots, and the other is related to the Euler characteristics of essential surfaces with the maximal/minimal boundary slopes.