Tunnel Leveling, Depth, and Bridge Numbers
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We use the theory of tunnel number 1 knots introduced in an earlier paper to strengthen the Tunnel Leveling Theorem of Goda, Scharlemann, and Thompson. This yields considerable information about bridge numbers of tunnel number 1 knots. In particular, we calculate the minimum bridge number of a knot as a function of the maximum depth invariant d of its tunnels. The growth of this value is on the order of (1 + √ 2)d, which improves known estimates of the rate of growth of bridge number as a function of the Hempel distance of the associated Heegaard splitting. We also find the maximum bridge number as a function of the number of cabling constructions needed to produce the tunnel, showing in particular that the maximum bridge number of a knot produced by n cabling constructions is the (n+2)nd Fibonacci number. Finally, we examine the special case of the “middle” tunnels of torus knots.
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00 8 Tunnel Leveling , Depth , and Bridge Numbers
We use the theory of tunnel number 1 knots introduced in [5] to strengthen the Tunnel Leveling Theorem of Goda, Scharlemann, and Thompson. This yields considerable information about bridge numbers of tunnel number 1 knots. In particular, we calculate the minimum bridge number of a knot as a function of the maximum depth invariant d of its tunnels. The growth of this value is on the order of (1 ...
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