Left-orderability, branched covers and double twist knots
Geometric Topology
2020-02-26 v1
Abstract
For some families of two-bridge knots, including double-twist knots with genus at least four, we determine precisely the set of integers such that the fundamental group of the -fold cyclic branched cover of the 3-sphere along these knots is left-orderable. There are knots, including the figure-eight knot, for which this set is empty. We give the first class of hyperbolic knots, not of this type, for which these integers can be completely determined.
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@article{arxiv.2002.10611,
title = {Left-orderability, branched covers and double twist knots},
author = {Hannah Turner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.10611},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
14 pages, 2 figures; comments welcome