Profinite rigidity for two-bridge links and 3-tangle Montesinos links
Geometric Topology
2026-03-24 v1 Group Theory
Abstract
For any two-bridge link or 3-tangle Montesinos link (including knot), this paper proves that is profinitely rigid among the fundamental groups of compact orientable 3-manifolds.
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@article{arxiv.2603.20822,
title = {Profinite rigidity for two-bridge links and 3-tangle Montesinos links},
author = {Tamunonye Cheetham-West and Xiaoyu Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.20822},
year = {2026}
}
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22 pages, 3 figures; comments are welcome!