In this paper we study the connections between cyclic presentations of groups and the fundamental group of cyclic branched coverings of 2-bridge knots. Then we show that the topology of these manifolds (and knots) arises, in a natural way, from the algebraic properties of such presentations.
@article{urn:eudml:doc:44400, title = {Cyclic branched coverings of 2-bridge knots.}, journal = {Revista Matem\'atica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid}, volume = {12}, year = {1999}, pages = {383-416}, zbl = {0952.57001}, mrnumber = {MR1740466}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:44400} }
Cavicchioli, Alberto; Ruini, Beatrice; Spaggiari, Fulvia. Cyclic branched coverings of 2-bridge knots.. Revista Matemática de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Tome 12 (1999) pp. 383-416. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:44400/