Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences

Spiral Knots

N. Brothers, S. Evans, L. Taalman, L. Van Wyk, D. Witczak, and C. Yarnall

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Abstract

Spiral knots are a generalization of torus knots we define by a certain periodic closed braid representation. For spiral knots with prime power period, we calculate their genus, bound their crossing number, and bound their $m$-alternating excess.

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Source
Missouri J. Math. Sci., Volume 22, Issue 1 (2010), 10-18.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 August 2011

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mjms/1312232716

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2650057

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1197.57004

Subjects
Primary: 57M25: Knots and links in $S^3$ {For higher dimensions, see 57Q45}
Secondary: 57M27: Invariants of knots and 3-manifolds

Citation

Brothers, N.; Evans, S.; Taalman, L.; Van Wyk, L.; Witczak, D.; Yarnall, C. Spiral Knots. Missouri J. Math. Sci. 22 (2010), no. 1, 10--18. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mjms/1312232716


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University of Central Missouri, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences

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