The diameter of the set of boundary slopes of a knot

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1095zbMATH Open1134.57001arXivmath/0412147OpenAlexW3103851845MaRDI QIDQ863052FDOQ863052

Authors: Ben Klaff, Peter B. Shalen 

Publication date: 25 January 2007

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

Abstract: Let K be a tame knot with irreducible exterior M(K) in a closed, connected, orientable 3--manifold Sigma such that pi_1(Sigma) is cyclic. If infinity is not a strict boundary slope, then the diameter of the set of strict boundary slopes of K, denoted d_K, is a numerical invariant of K. We show that either (i) d_K >= 2 or (ii) K is a generalized iterated torus knot. The proof combines results from Culler and Shalen [Comment. Math. Helv. 74 (1999) 530-547] with a result about the effect of cabling on boundary slopes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412147

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zbMATH Keywords

diameter3-manifoldcyclic fundamental groupcable knotgeneralized iterated torus knotknot exteriorstrict boundary slopestrict essential surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

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