%0 Journal Article %A Grines, Viatcheslav %A Laudenbach, François %T Essential curves in handlebodies and topological contractions %J Geometry & topology %D 2008 %P 981-985 %V 12 %N 2 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/gt.2008.12.981/ %R 10.2140/gt.2008.12.981 %F GT_2008_12_2_a6