Augmentation rank of satellites with braid pattern

DOI10.4310/CAG.2016.V24.N5.A2MaRDI QIDQ2396637zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Hemminger, Christopher R. Cornwell

Publication date 24 May 2017

Published in Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.4110

zbMATH Keywords

augmentation rankbridge numberknot contact homologymeridional rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42)

Abstract: Given a knot $K$ in $S^3$, a question raised by Cappell and Shaneson asks if the meridional rank of $K$ equals the bridge number of $K$. Using augmentations in knot contact homology we consider the persistence of equality between these two invariants under satellite operations on $K$ with a braid pattern. In particular, we answer the question in the affirmative for a large class of iterated torus knots.

Review text

For a knot in the \(3\)-sphere, the meridional rank of the knot is the minimal number of meridians that generate the knot group. A famous open problem due to Cappell and Shaneson asks if the meridional rank is equal to the bridge number. It is solved for Montesinos knots. The present paper under review solves the above conjecture for a large class of iterated torus knots by using knot contact homology. In fact, the main result is stronger. For the knot contact homology of a knot, an augmentation and its rank are introduced, and then the augmentation rank of the knot is defined to be the maximum rank among all augmentations. This augmentation rank gives a lower bound for the meridional rank. The main result gives an exact equality between augmentation ranks for a satellite knot with a braid pattern.

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