Algorithmically detecting the bridge number of hyperbolic knots
Geometric Topology
2012-03-29 v2
Abstract
We exhibit an algorithm to determine the bridge number of a hyperbolic knot in the 3-sphere. The proof uses adaptations of almost normal surface theory for compact surfaces with boundary in ideally triangulated knot exteriors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.1262,
title = {Algorithmically detecting the bridge number of hyperbolic knots},
author = {Alexander Coward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1262},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
42 pages, 23 figures; v2 contains a rewritten introduction and updated references