Repeated boundary slopes for 2-bridge knots

DOI10.1142/S0218216515500686MaRDI QIDQ3465787zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Cynthia L. Curtis, William Franczak, Randolph J. Leiser, Ryan J. Manheimer

Publication date 22 January 2016

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04610

zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionFibonacci numberessential surfacebranched surfaceboundary slopeknot complement\(2\)-bridge knot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

Abstract: We investigate the question of when distinct branched surfaces in the complement of a 2-bridge knot support essential surfaces with identical boundary slopes. We determine all instances in which this occurs and identify an infinite family of knots for which no boundary slopes are repeated.

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