Is there any clear algorithm to compute the fundamental group of complements of knots?
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2What do you mean by "compute"? There is the Wirtinger presentation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtinger_presentation) but it is unclear what information you can extract from it in general. – Qiaochu Yuan Aug 12 '12 at 02:57
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There's also an algorithm to construct a triangulation of the complement, from which there's a standard $\pi_1$ presentation construction. – Ryan Budney Aug 12 '12 at 05:39
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the Wirtinger presentation was what I was looking for... Thanks guys – Sam Aug 13 '12 at 20:01