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CONSTRUCTING ALGEBRAIC LINKS FOR LOW EDGE NUMBERS

CYNTHIA L. McCABE

Department of Mathematics and Computing, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216505004020Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A method is given for economically constructing any algebraic knot or link K. This construction, which involves tree diagrams, gives a new upper bound for the edge number of K that is proven to be at most twice the crossing number of K. Furthermore, it realizes a minimal-crossing projection.

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AMSC: 57M27

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