Generalized augmented alternating links and hyperbolic volume
arXiv:1506.03026 · doi:10.2140/agt.2017.17.3375
Abstract
Augmented alternating links are links obtained by adding trivial components that bound twice-punctured disks to non-split reduced non-2-braid prime alternating projections. These links are known to be hyperbolic. Here, we extend to show that generalized augmented alternating links, which allow for new trivial components that bound n-punctured disks, are also hyperbolic. As an application we consider generalized belted sums of links and compute their volumes.
17 pages, 19 figures