International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 8 (1985), Issue 3, Pages 571-578
doi:10.1155/S016117128500062X
Minimizing the presentation of a kont group
Department of Mathematics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond 70402, Louisiana, USA
Received 12 October 1984
Copyright © 1985 Mark J. Dugopolski. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
A method for calculating the fundamental group of a knot is given. This method can be used to obtain group presentations with fewer generators and relators than other methods.