Computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
We describe an algorithm for computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links. As an example, we work out the slopes of the links obtained by 1/k surgery on one component of the Borromean rings. A table of all boundary slopes of all 2-bridge links with 10 or less crossings is also included.
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@article{arxiv.math/0505442,
title = {Computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links},
author = {Jim Hoste and Patrick D. Shanahan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505442},
year = {2007}
}
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26 pages, 10 figures