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A note on T\"uring's 1936
T\"uring's argument that there can be no machine computing the diagonal on
the enumeration of the computable sequences is not a demonstration.Comment: 4 pages, for more information see
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The Alexander polynomial of (1,1)-knots
In this paper we investigate the Alexander polynomial of (1,1)-knots, which
are knots lying in a 3-manifold with genus one at most, admitting a particular
decomposition. More precisely, we study the connections between the Alexander
polynomial and a polynomial associated to a cyclic presentation of the
fundamental group of an n-fold strongly-cyclic covering branched over the knot,
which we call the n-cyclic polynomial. In this way, we generalize to all
(1,1)-knots, with the only exception of those lying in S^2\times S^1, a result
obtained by J. Minkus for 2-bridge knots and extended by the author and M.
Mulazzani to the case of (1,1)-knots in the 3-sphere. As corollaries some
properties of the Alexander polynomial of knots in the 3-sphere are extended to
the case of (1,1)-knots in lens spaces.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure. A corollary has been extended, and a new example
added. Accepted for publication on J. Knot Theory Ramification
All strongly-cyclic branched coverings of (1,1)-knots are Dunwoody manifolds
We show that every strongly-cyclic branched covering of a (1,1)-knot is a
Dunwoody manifold. This result, together with the converse statement previously
obtained by Grasselli and Mulazzani, proves that the class of Dunwoody
manifolds coincides with the class of strongly-cyclic branched coverings of
(1,1)-knots. As a consequence, we obtain a parametrization of (1,1)-knots by
4-tuples of integers. Moreover, using a representation of (1,1)-knots by the
mapping class group of the twice punctured torus, we provide an algorithm which
gives the parametrization of all torus knots.Comment: 22 pages, 19 figures. Revised version with minor changes in
Proposition 5. Accepted for publication in the Journal of the London
Mathematical Societ
(1,1)-knots via the mapping class group of the twice punctured torus
We develop an algebraic representation for (1,1)-knots using the mapping
class group of the twice punctured torus MCG(T,2). We prove that every
(1,1)-knot in a lens space L(p,q) can be represented by the composition of an
element of a certain rank two free subgroup of MCG(T,2) with a standard element
only depending on the ambient space. As a notable examples, we obtain a
representation of this type for all torus knots and for all two-bridge knots.
Moreover, we give explicit cyclic presentations for the fundamental groups of
the cyclic branched coverings of torus knots of type (k,ck+2).Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures. New version with minor changes. Accepted for
publication in Advances in Geometr
Extending homeomorphisms from punctured surfaces to handlebodies
Let be a genus handlebody and
be the group of the isotopy classes of
orientation preserving homeomorphisms of ,
fixing a given set of points. In this paper we find a finite set of
generators for , the subgroup of
consisting of the isotopy classes of
homeomorphisms of admitting an extension to the handlebody and
keeping fixed the union of disjoint properly embedded trivial arcs. This
result generalizes a previous one obtained by the authors for . The
subgroup turns out to be important for the study of knots
and links in closed 3-manifolds via -decompositions. In fact, the links
represented by the isotopy classes belonging to the same left cosets of
in are equivalent.Comment: We correct the statements of Theorem 9 and 10, by adding missing
generators, and improve the statement of Theorem 10, by removing some
redundant generator
Knot quandle decompositions
We show that the fundamental quandle defines a functor from the oriented
tangle category to a suitably defined quandle category. Given a tangle
decomposition of a link , the fundamental quandle of may be obtained
from the fundamental quandles of tangles. We apply this result to derive a
presentation of the fundamental quandle of periodic links, composite knots and
satellite knots.Comment: 23 pages, 12 figure
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