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The Schubert normal form of a 3-bridge link and the 3-bridge link group

Algebraic Topology 2017-03-02 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We introduce the Schubert form a 33-bridge link diagram, as a generalization of the Schubert normal form of a 33-bridge link. It consists of a set of six positive integers, written as (p/n,q/m,s/l)\left( p/n,q/m,s/l\right) , with some conditions and it is based on the concept of 33-butterfly. Using the Schubert normal form of a 33-bridge link diagram, we give two presentations of the 3-bridge link group. These presentations are given by concrete formulas that depend on the integers {p,n,q,m,s,l}.\left\{ p,n,q,m,s,l\right\} . The construction is a generalization of the form the link group presentation of the 22-bridge link p/qp/q depends on the integers pp and qq.

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@article{arxiv.1703.00041,
  title  = {The Schubert normal form of a 3-bridge link and the 3-bridge link group},
  author = {Margarita Toro and Mauricio Rivera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.00041},
  year   = {2017}
}