Virtual covers of links

Abstract: We use virtual knot theory to detect the non-invertibility of some classical links in

m a t h b b S^{3}

. These links appear in the study of virtual covers. Briefly, a virtual cover associates a virtual knot

u p s i l o n

to a knot

K

in a

3

-manifold

N

, under certain hypotheses on

K

and

N

. Virtual covers of links in

m a t h b b S^{3}

come from taking

K

to be in the complement

N

of a fibered link

J

. If

J s q c u p K

is invertible and

K

is "close to" a fiber of

J

, then

u p s i l o n

satisfies a symmetry condition to which some virtual knot polynomials are sensitive. We also discuss virtual covers of links

J s q c u p K

where

J

is not fibered but is virtually fibered (in the sense of W. Thurston).

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