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http://dx.doi.org/10.5666/KMJ.2016.56.3.927

Monodromy Maps of Fibered 2-Bridge Knots as Elements in Automorphism Groups of Free Groups

Goda, Hiroshi (Department of Mathematics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Suzuki, Masaaki (Department of Frontier Media Science, Meiji University)

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Kyungpook Mathematical Journal / v.56, no.3, 2016 , pp. 927-938 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this note, we study a monodromy map of a fibered 2-bridge knot. We show the monodromy map of a fibered 2-bridge knot as an element in the automorphism group of a free group.

Keywords

2-bridge knot; fibered knot; monodromy;

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