Cyclic branched coverings of 2-bridge knots

• Autores: Fulvia Spaggiari, Alberto Cavicchioli, Beatrice Ruini
• Localización: Revista matemática complutense, ISSN-e 1988-2807, ISSN 1139-1138, Vol. 12, Nº 2, 1999, págs. 383-416
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this paper we study the connections between cyclic presentations of groups and the fundamental group of cyclic branched coverings of 2-bridge knots. Then we show that the topology of these manifolds (and knots) arises, in a natural way, from the algebraic properties of such presentations.