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Non-integral boundary slopes of alternating knots

Geometric Topology 2023-09-06 v1

Abstract

We show, for every positive integer nn, there is an alternating knot having a boundary slope with denominator nn. We make use of Kabaya's method for boundary slopes and the layered solid torus construction introduced by Jaco and Rubinstein and further developed by Howie et al.

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@article{arxiv.2309.02370,
  title  = {Non-integral boundary slopes of alternating knots},
  author = {Masaharu Ishikawa and Thomas W. Mattman and Koya Shimokawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.02370},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages, 5 figures, 12 tables