The shrinkage type of knots. Issue 3 (27th February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kammeyer, Holger
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. Volume 49:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 428
• Page End: 442
• Publication Date: 2017-02-27
• Subjects: 57M27 (primary) -- 11J82 (secondary); Mathematics -- Periodicals; 510
• DOI: 10.1112/blms.12031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0024-6093

Abstract

Abstract: We study spectral gaps of cellular differentials for finite cyclic coverings of knot complements. Their asymptotics can be expressed in terms of irrationality exponents associated with ratios of logarithms of algebraic numbers determined by the first two Alexander polynomials. From this point of view, it is natural to subdivide all knots into three different types. We show that examples of all types abound and discuss what happens for twist and torus knots as well as knots with few crossings.