Repeated boundary slopes for 2-bridge knots

DOI10.1142/S0218216515500686zbMATH Open1339.57008arXiv1502.04610OpenAlexW2963691571MaRDI QIDQ3465787FDOQ3465787

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)

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.

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

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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)

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