Bridge spectra of iterated torus knots (Q893887)

This paper looks at bridge surfaces (splittings of knot complements in 3-manifolds), determining for many iterated torus knots the set of all genus \(g\) bridge numbers and listing them in a sequence called ``the bridge spectrum.'' It also proves a structural lemma about the decomposition of a strongly irreducible bridge surface induced by cutting along a collection of essential surfaces. An example is illustrated and several open questions are posed.