English

Commensurability classes of (-2,3,n) pretzel knot complements

Geometric Topology 2014-10-01 v1

Abstract

Let K be a hyperbolic (-2,3,n) pretzel knot and M = S^3 K its complement. For these knots, we verify a conjecture of Reid and Walsh: there are at most three knot complements in the commensurability class of M. Indeed, if n \neq 7, we show that M is the unique knot complement in its class. We include examples to illustrate how our methods apply to a broad class of Montesinos knots.

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@article{arxiv.0804.0112,
  title  = {Commensurability classes of (-2,3,n) pretzel knot complements},
  author = {Melissa L. Macasieb and Thomas W. Mattman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0112},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure

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