Depth of knots

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(91)90127-8MaRDI QIDQ1183667zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Cantwell, Lawrence Conlon

Publication date 28 June 1992

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-8641(91)90127-8

zbMATH Keywords

finite depth foliationknots whose complements do not admit taut \(C^ 2\) foliationstaut foliation of depth \(k\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

Review text

For a knot \(\kappa\subset S^ 3\), let \(E(\kappa)\) be the complement in \(S^ 3\) of the interior of a smooth tubular neighbourhood of \(\kappa\). The authors prove the following: For each integer \(k\geq 0\), there is a knot \(\kappa\) such that \(E(\kappa)\) admits a taut \(C^ \infty\) foliation of depth \(k\) that meets \(\partial E(\kappa)\) in circles, but it does not admit a taut \(C^ 2\) foliation, transverse to \(\partial E(\kappa)\) and of depth \(< k\). They also give examples of knots whose complements do not admit taut \(C^ 2\) foliations, with leaves meeting the boundary of the knot complement in circles, of any finite depth.

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• Endperiodic automorphisms of surfaces and foliations
• Gap of the depths of leaves of foliations
• Taut foliations of torus knot complements

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