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Tabulation of prime knots in lens spaces

Geometric Topology 2017-03-16 v1

Abstract

Using computational techniques we tabulate prime knots up to five crossings in the solid torus and the infinite family of lens spaces L(p,q)L(p,q). For these knots we calculate the second and third skein module and establish which prime knots in the solid torus are amphichiral. Most knots are distinguished by the skein modules. For the handful of cases where the skein modules fail to detect inequivalent knots, we calculate and compare the hyperbolic structures of the knot complements. We were unable to resolve a handful of 5-crossing cases for p13p\geq 13.

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@article{arxiv.1611.07006,
  title  = {Tabulation of prime knots in lens spaces},
  author = {Boštjan Gabrovšek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.07006},
  year   = {2017}
}

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To appear in Mediterr. J. Math