KNOT GROUP EPIMORPHISMS

Abstract: We consider the relations

g e

and

g e_{p}

on the collection of all knots, where

k g e k^{'}

(respectively,

k g e_{p} k^{'}

) if there exists an epimorphism

p i k o p i k^{'}

of knot groups (respectively, preserving peripheral systems). When

k

is a torus knot, the relations coincide and

k^{'}

must also be a torus knot; we determine the knots

k^{'}

that can occur. If

k

is a 2-bridge knot and

k g e_{p} k^{'}

, then

k^{'}

is a 2-bridge knot with determinant a proper divisor of the determinant of

k

; only finitely many knots

k^{'}

are possible.

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