Ribbon 2-knot groups of Coxeter type

DOI10.2140/AGT.2023.23.2715MaRDI QIDQ6148485zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jens Harlander, Stephan Rosebrock

Publication date 11 January 2024

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.01987

zbMATH Keywords

\(2\)-knotasphericityCoxeter groupknot grouplabeled oriented treeLOT presentationWirtinger presentation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams (20F06) Geometric group theory (20F65) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Higher-dimensional knots and links (57K45)

Abstract: Wirtinger presentations of deficiency 1 appear in the context of knots, long virtual knots, and ribbon 2-knots. They are encoded by (word) labeled oriented trees and, for that reason, are also called LOT presentations. These presentations are a well known and important testing ground for the validity (or failure) of Whitehead's asphericity conjecture. In this paper we define LOTs of Coxeter type and show that for every given $n$ there exists a (prime) LOT of Coxeter type with group of rank $n$. We also show that label separated Coxeter LOTs are aspherical.

Review text

Wirtinger presentations of deficiency \(1\) appear in the context of knots, long virtual knots and ribbon \(2\)-knots (see [the authors, J. Knot Theory Ramifications 12, No. 7, 947--962 (2003; Zbl 1053.57005)]). They are encoded by labeled oriented trees and, for that reason, are also called \(\mathrm{LOT}\) presentations. Adding a generator to the set of relators in a Wirtinger presentation, \(P\) gives a balanced presentation of the trivial group. Thus, the associated \(2\)-complex \(K(P)\) is a subcomplex of an aspherical (contractible) \(2\)-complex. These presentations are a well known and important testing ground for the validity (or failure) of Whitehead's asphericity conjecture. In the paper under review, the authors define \(\mathrm{LOT}\)s of Coxeter type and show that for every given \(n\) there exists a prime \(\mathrm{LOT}\) of Coxeter type with group of rank \(n\). They also show that label separated Coxeter \(\mathrm{LOT}\)s are aspherical.

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