TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

10/23/2008

Alan Reid
UT Austin and IAS

On Simons conjecture for knots

Let K be a non-trivial knot in S3. Simon's Conjecture asserts that $\pi_1(S3\setminus K)$ surjects only finitely many distinct knot groups. We discuss the proof of this for a class of small knots that includes 2-bridge knots.