The distribution of genera of 2-bridge knots

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Main Authors: Cohen, Moshe, DiNardo, Abigail, Lowrance, Adam M., Raanes, Steven, Rivera, Izabella M., Steindl, Andrew J., Wanebo, Ella S.
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author Cohen, Moshe
DiNardo, Abigail
Lowrance, Adam M.
Raanes, Steven
Rivera, Izabella M.
Steindl, Andrew J.
Wanebo, Ella S.
author_facet Cohen, Moshe
DiNardo, Abigail
Lowrance, Adam M.
Raanes, Steven
Rivera, Izabella M.
Steindl, Andrew J.
Wanebo, Ella S.
contents The average genus of a 2-bridge knot with crossing number $c$ approaches $\frac{c}{4} + \frac{1}{12}$ as $c$ approaches infinity, as proven by Suzuki and Tran and independently Cohen and Lowrance. In this paper, for the genera of $2$-bridge knots of a fixed crossing number $c$, we show that the median and mode are both $\lfloor \frac{c+2}{4} \rfloor$ and that the variance approaches $\frac{c}{16}-\frac{17}{144}$ as $c$ approaches infinity. We prove that the distribution of genera of 2-bridge knots is asymptotically normal.
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spellingShingle The distribution of genera of 2-bridge knots
Cohen, Moshe
DiNardo, Abigail
Lowrance, Adam M.
Raanes, Steven
Rivera, Izabella M.
Steindl, Andrew J.
Wanebo, Ella S.
Geometric Topology
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The average genus of a 2-bridge knot with crossing number $c$ approaches $\frac{c}{4} + \frac{1}{12}$ as $c$ approaches infinity, as proven by Suzuki and Tran and independently Cohen and Lowrance. In this paper, for the genera of $2$-bridge knots of a fixed crossing number $c$, we show that the median and mode are both $\lfloor \frac{c+2}{4} \rfloor$ and that the variance approaches $\frac{c}{16}-\frac{17}{144}$ as $c$ approaches infinity. We prove that the distribution of genera of 2-bridge knots is asymptotically normal.
title The distribution of genera of 2-bridge knots
topic Geometric Topology
57K10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.09399