Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2010-06-27
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
Revision of first version. Minor rewriting throughout, and several sections of background material added. (-2,3,7)-pretzel kno
Scientific paper
A knot in the 3-sphere in genus-1 1-bridge position (called a (1,1)-position) can be described by an element of the braid group of two points in the torus. Our main results tell how to translate between a braid group element and the sequence of slope invariants of the upper and lower tunnels of the (1,1)-position. After using them to verify previous calculations of the slope invariants for all tunnels of 2-bridge knots and (1,1)-tunnels of torus knots, we obtain characterizations of the slope sequences of tunnels of 2-bridge knots, and of a class of tunnels we call toroidal. The main results lead to a general algorithm to calculate the slope invariants of the upper and lower tunnels from a braid description. The algorithm has been implemented as software, and we give some sample computations.
Cho Sangbum
McCullough Darryl
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