Computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links

DOI10.1090/S0025-5718-07-01936-9zbMATH Open1137.57005arXivmath/0505442OpenAlexW2122686552MaRDI QIDQ3433768FDOQ3433768

Authors: Jim Hoste, Patrick D. Shanahan 

Publication date: 2 May 2007

Published in: Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe an algorithm for computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links. As an example, we work out the slopes of the links obtained by 1/k surgery on one component of the Borromean rings. A table of all boundary slopes of all 2-bridge links with 10 or less crossings is also included.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0505442

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zbMATH Keywords

knotlinkboundary slope2-bridge

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• Knotscape

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