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2-knots with solvable group

Geometric Topology 2011-10-20 v1

Abstract

We complete the TOP classification of 2-knots with torsion-free, solvable knot group by showing that fibred 2-knots with closed fibre the Hantzsche-Wendt flat 3-manifold HWHW are not reflexive, while every fibred 2-knot with closed fibre a Nil3\mathbb{N}il^3-manifold with base orbifold S2(3,3,3)S^2(3,3,3) is reflexive, and by giving explicit normal forms for the strict weight orbits of normal generators for the groups of all knots in either class. We also determine when the knots are amphicheiral or invertible, and show that the only non-trivial doubly null-concordant knots with such groups are those with group πτ2946\pi\tau_29_{46}.

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@article{arxiv.1003.5408,
  title  = {2-knots with solvable group},
  author = {Jonathan A. Hillman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5408},
  year   = {2011}
}
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