Pitzer College, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, California 91711 ; Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Dr., Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
Abstract:
We describe an algorithm for computing boundary slopes of 2-bridge links. As an example, we work out the slopes of the links obtained by surgery on one component of the Borromean rings. A table of all boundary slopes of all 2-bridge links with 10 or less crossings is also included.