Bridge Number and the Curve Complex
classification
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bridgenumbercomplexcurveknotstunnel-numberarbitrarilycertain
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We show that there are hyperbolic tunnel-number one knots with arbitrarily high bridge number and that "most" tunnel-number one knots are not one-bridge with respect to an unknotted torus. The proof relies on a connection between bridge number and a certain distance in the curve complex of a genus-two surface.
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