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Knots in Washington XXXVIII: 30 years of the Jones polynomial
May 9-11, 2014
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski (UT Dallas), Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU and UMCP), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Radmila Sazdanovic (NCSU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Knot groups generated by two conjugate elements
by
Melissa Macasieb
University of Maryland
Coauthors: Michel Boileau

We consider an infi nite family of groups generated by two conjugate elements and show that such groups cannot be isomorphic to any known knot group. This family of groups is closely related to the well-known and well-understood family of 2-bridge knot groups.

Date received: May 4, 2014

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