Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2008-12-07
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
25 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
This is the third of three papers that refine and extend portions of our earlier preprint, "The depth of a knot tunnel." Together, they rework the entire preprint. In this paper, we use the theory of tunnel number 1 knots that we introduced in "The tree of knot tunnels" to strengthen the Tunnel Leveling Theorem of H. Goda, M. Scharlemann, and A. Thompson. This yields considerable information about bridge numbers of tunnel number 1 knots. In particular, we calculate the minimum bridge number of a knot as a function of the maximum depth invariant d of its tunnels. The growth of this value is on the order of (1+\sqrt{2})^d. We also find the maximum bridge number as a function of the number of cabling constructions needed to produce the tunnel, showing in particular that the maximum bridge number of a knot produced by n cabling constructions is the (n+2)nd Fibonacci number. Finally, we examine the special case of the "middle" tunnels of torus knots.
Cho Sangbum
McCullough Darryl
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