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Knot Group Epimorphisms

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Any knot group is the image of the group of a prime knot by a homomorphism that preserves peripheral structure. In fact, there are infinitely many such prime knots. A related partial order on knots is defined, and its properties are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405462,
  title  = {Knot Group Epimorphisms},
  author = {Daniel S. Silver and Wilbur Whitten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405462},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Plain TeX, 15 pages with 4 figures