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Meridional rank of whitehead doubles

Geometric Topology 2022-12-27 v1

Abstract

We prove that the meridional rank and the bridge number of the Whitehead double of a prime algebraically tame knot coincide. Algebraically tame knots are a broad generalization of torus knots and iterated cable knots.

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@article{arxiv.2212.13081,
  title  = {Meridional rank of whitehead doubles},
  author = {Ederson R. F. Dutra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13081},
  year   = {2022}
}

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29 pages, 28 figures