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Peripherally specified homomorphs of link groups

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Johnson and Livingston have characterized peripheral structures in homomorphs of knot groups. We extend their approach to the case of links. The main result is an algebraic characterization of all possible peripheral structures in certain homomorphic images of link groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0509514,
  title  = {Peripherally specified homomorphs of link groups},
  author = {V. Kurlin and D. Lines},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509514},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages, 4 figures, examples added