• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.927-938
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• 2016

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.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.197-211
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• 2011

Every (1, 1)-knot is represented by a 4-tuple of integers (a, b, c, r), where a > 0, b $\geq$ 0, c $\geq$ 0, d = 2a+b+c, $r\;{\in}\;\mathbb{Z}_d$, and it is well known that all 2-bridge knots and torus knots are (1, 1)-knots. In this paper, we describe some conditions for 4-tuples which determine 2-bridge knots and determine all 4-tuples representing any given 2-bridge knot.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.1019-1029
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• 2009

We show that every bridge surface of certain types of (1, 1) prime knot has the disjoint curve property. Also we determine when a bridge surface of a pretzel knot of type (.2, 3, n) has the disjoint curve property.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.717-728
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• 2016

In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for an essential simple loop on a 2-bridge sphere in an even Heckoid orbifold for the trivial knot to be null-homotopic, peripheral or torsion in the orbifold. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for two essential simple loops on a 2-bridge sphere in an even Heckoid orbifold for the trivial knot to be homotopic in the orbifold.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.421-431
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• 2024

In this paper, we characterize amphicheiral 2-bridge knots with symmetric union presentations and show that there exist infinitely many amphicheiral 2-bridge knots with symmetric union presentations with two twist regions. We also show that there are no amphicheiral 3-stranded pretzel knots with symmetric union presentations.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.67-71
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• 2005

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.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.801-809
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• 2009

By using a tangle decomposition of a knot, we give a method for the construction of a knot with the lowest trivial HOMFLY coefficient polynomial. Applying this, we show that there exist infinitely many 2-bridge knots with such a coefficient polynomial.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.1989-2000
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• 2013

We show that for any given closed orientable 3-manifold M with a Heegaard surface of genus g, any positive integers b and n, there exists a knot K in M which admits a (g, b)-bridge splitting of distance greater than n with respect to the Heegaard surface except for (g, b) = (0, 1), (0, 2).

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.603-614
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• 2013

In the article we show that nondieomorphic symplectic 4-manifolds which admit marked Lefschetz fibrations can share the same monodromy group. Explicitly we prove that, for each integer g > 0, every knot surgery 4-manifold in a family {$E(2)_K{\mid}K$ is a bered 2-bridge knot of genus g in $S^3$} admits a marked Lefschetz fibration structure which has the same monodromy group.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.223-243
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• 2012

There is a special connection between the Alexander polynomial of (1, 1)-knot and the certain polynomial associated to the Dunwoody 3-manifold ([3], [10] and [13]). We study the polynomial(called the Dunwoody polynomial) for the (1, 1)-knot obtained by the certain cyclically presented group of the Dunwoody 3-manifold. We prove that the Dunwoody polynomial of (1, 1)-knot in $\mathbb{S}^3$ is to be the Alexander polynomial under the certain condition. Then we find an invariant for the certain class of torus knots and all 2-bridge knots by means of the Dunwoody polynomial.