The Tunnel Number One Knot with Bridge Number Three is a (1, 1)-knot

  • Kim, Soo Hwan (Department of Mathematics, Dongeui University)
  • Received : 2003.12.30
  • Published : 2005.03.23

Abstract

We call K a (1, 1)-knot in M if M is a union of two solid tori $V_1\;and\;V_2$ glued along their boundary tori ${\partial}V_1\;and\;{\partial}V_2$ and if K intersects each solid torus $V_i$ in a trivial arc $t_i$ for i = 1 and 2. Note that every (1, 1)-knot is a tunnel number one knot. In this article, we determine when a tunnel number one knot is a (1, 1)-knot. In other words, we show that any tunnel number one knot with bridge number 3 is a (1, 1)-knot.

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