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Stabilizing Heegaard splittings of composite tunnel number two knots

  • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

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Abstract

Suppose K # K′ is a composite tunnel number two knot where both K and K′ are tunnel number one knots. Let t1, t2 be unknotting tunnels of K and t′1 , t′2 be unknotting tunnels of K′ and assume that cl(S3 - N(K ∪ t1 ∪ t2)) and cl(S3 - N(K′ ∪t′1 ∪t′2)) are genus three handlebodies. Suppose {t1 , t′1} , {t2 , t′2} are tunnel systems of K # K′. Then we give some condition such that the two genus three Heegaard splittings induced by these tunnel systems become isotopic by one stabilization. On the other hand, we construct infinitely many examples such that cl(S3 - N(K # K′ ∪ t1 ∪ t′1 ∪ t′2)) is not a genus four handlebody and give candidates of two splittings which cannot be made isotopic by a single stabilization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1035-1041
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008.08

Keywords

  • Composite knot
  • Heegaard splitting
  • Stabilization
  • Tunnel number

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