All Questions
Tagged with hyperbolic-geometry knot-theory
2 questions
16
votes
5
answers
4k
views
can you fool SnapPea?
A while back I thought I had some simple knots that "fooled" SnapPea. But I no longer remember those examples, if I ever had them to begin with.
What I'm looking for is a non-hyperbolizable knot ...
- 44.4k
0
votes
1
answer
128
views
What does it mean exactly for a pair of $S^0$'s to be unlinked on a knot $K$?
I am trying to learn about the effects of knot mutation on the hyperbolic manifolds obtained via hyperbolic Dehn surgery, and I'm currently reading Ruberman's paper "Mutations and Volumes in $S^3$" (...
- 318