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Almost Alternating Diagrams and Fibered Links in S 3
Author(s) -
Goda Hiroshi,
Hirasawa Mikami,
Yamamoto Ryosuke
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
proceedings of the london mathematical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.899
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1460-244X
pISSN - 0024-6115
DOI - 10.1112/plms/83.2.472
Subject(s) - fibered knot , mathematics , link (geometry) , diagram , surface (topology) , fiber , combinatorics , pure mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry , composite material , statistics , materials science
Let R be a Seifert surface obtained by applying Seifert's algorithm to a connected diagram D for a link L. In this paper, letting D be almost alternating, we give a practical algorithm to determine whether L is a fibered link and R is a fiber surface. We further show that L is a fibered link and R is a fiber surface for L if and only if R is a Hopf plumbing, that is, a successive plumbing of a finite number of Hopf bands. It has been known for some time that this is true if D is alternating, and we show that it is not always true if D is 2‐almost alternating. In the appendix, we partially answer C. Adams's open question concerning almost alternating diagrams. 2000 Mathematical Subject Classification : 57M25.