Fibered knots through 𝑇-surgery

Whitten, Wilbur

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0292063-4

Fibered knots through -surgery

Author: Wilbur Whitten
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 34 (1972), 293-298
MSC: Primary 55A25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0292063-4
MathSciNet review: 0292063
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Abstract: Noninvertible fibered knots are constructed by a discrete surgical procedure called T-surgery on links.

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