## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### The crossing number of satellite knots

Marc Lackenby

#### Abstract

We show that the crossing number of a satellite knot is at least $10−13$ times the crossing number of its companion knot.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 14, Number 4 (2014), 2379-2409.

Dates
Revised: 22 August 2013
Accepted: 1 November 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 19 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513715966

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2014.14.2379

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3331616

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1297.57016

Keywords
satellite knot crossing number

#### Citation

Lackenby, Marc. The crossing number of satellite knots. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 14 (2014), no. 4, 2379--2409. doi:10.2140/agt.2014.14.2379. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513715966

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