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Highly twisted plat diagrams

Geometric Topology 2021-11-30 v1

Abstract

We prove that the knots and links in the infinite set of 33-highly twisted 2m2m-plats, with m2m \geq 2, are all hyperbolic. This should be compared with a result of Futer-Purcell for 66-highly twisted diagrams. While their proof uses geometric methods our proof is achieved by showing that the complements of such knots or links are unannular and atoroidal. This is done by using a new approach involving an Euler characteristic argument.

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@article{arxiv.2111.14231,
  title  = {Highly twisted plat diagrams},
  author = {Nir Lazarovich and Yoav Moriah and Tali Pinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.14231},
  year   = {2021}
}
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