Levelling an unknotting tunnel

DOI10.2140/GT.2000.4.243zbMATH Open0958.57007OpenAlexW3105756433MaRDI QIDQ1586947FDOQ1586947

Authors Hiroshi Goda, Martin Scharlemann, Abigail Thompson 

Publication date 30 November 2000

Published in Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9910099

zbMATH Keywords

Heegaard splittingthin positionbridge position

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Abstract: It is a consequence of theorems of Gordon-Reid [Tangle decompositions of tunnel number one knots and links, J. Knot Theory and its Ramifications, 4 (1995) 389-409] and Thompson [Thin position and bridge number for knots in the 3-sphere, Topology, 36 (1997) 505-507] that a tunnel number one knot, if put in thin position, will also be in bridge position. We show that in such a thin presentation, the tunnel can be made level so that it lies in a level sphere. This settles a question raised by Morimoto [A note on unknotting tunnels for 2-bridge knots, Bulletin of Faculty of Engineering Takushoku University, 3 (1992) 219-225], who showed that the (now known) classification of unknotting tunnels for 2-bridge knots would follow quickly if it were known that any unknotting tunnel can be made level.

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