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Simon's conjecture for 2-bridge knots

Geometric Topology 2009-03-18 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

It is conjectured that for each knot KK in S3S^3, the fundamental group of its complement surjects onto only finitely many distinct knot groups. Applying character variety theory we obtain an affirmative solution of the conjecture for a class of small knots that includes 2-bridge knots.

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@article{arxiv.0903.2898,
  title  = {Simon's conjecture for 2-bridge knots},
  author = {Michel Boileau and Steve Boyer and Alan W. Reid and Shicheng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2898},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages

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