On the Neuwirth conjecture for knots

DOI10.4310/CAG.2012.V20.N5.A5zbMATH Open1280.57008arXiv1103.2576WikidataQ123328554 ScholiaQ123328554MaRDI QIDQ357199FDOQ357199

Authors: Makoto Ozawa, J. Hyam Rubinstein 

Publication date: 30 July 2013

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

Abstract: Neuwirth asked if any non-trivial knot in the 3-sphere can be embedded in a closed surface so that the complement of the surface is a connected essential surface for the knot complement. In this paper, we examine some variations on this question and prove it for all knots up to 11 crossings except for two examples. We also establish the conjecture for all Montesinos knots and for all generalized arborescently alternating knots. For knot exteriors containing closed incompressible surfaces satisfying a simple homological condition, we establish that the knots satisfy the Neuwirth conjecture. If there is a proper degree one map from knot $K$ to knot $K^{\prime }$ and $K^{\prime }$ satisfies the Neuwirth conjecture then we prove the same is true for knot $K$. Algorithms are given to decide if a knot satisfies the various versions of the Neuwirth conjecture and also the related conjectures about whether all non-trivial knots have essential surfaces at integer boundary slopes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2576

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zbMATH Keywords

incompressible surfaceMurasugi sumKnot groupMontesinos knotsNeuwirth conjecture

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