Fibred double torus knots which are band-sums of torus knots
Hirasawa, Mikami ; Murasugi, Kunio
Osaka J. Math., Tome 44 (2007) no. 1, p. 11-70 / Harvested from Project Euclid
A double torus knot $K$ is a knot embedded in a Heegaard surface $H$ of genus 2, and $K$ is non-separating if $H \setminus K$ is connected. In this paper, we determine the genus of a non-separating double torus knot that is a band-connected sum of two torus knots. We build a bridge between an algebraic condition and a geometric requirement (Theorem 5.5), and prove that such a knot is fibred if (and only if) its Alexander polynomial is monic, i.e. the leading coefficient is $\pm 1$. We actually construct fibre surfaces, using T. Kobayashi's geometric characterization of a fibred knot in our family. Separating double torus knots are also discussed in the last section.
Publié le : 2007-03-14
Classification:  57M25
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     number = {1},
     year = {2007},
     pages = { 11-70},
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Hirasawa, Mikami; Murasugi, Kunio. Fibred double torus knots which are band-sums of torus knots. Osaka J. Math., Tome 44 (2007) no. 1, pp.  11-70. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1174324322/