Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences

Spiral Knots

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.

Article information

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

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 August 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mjms/1312232716

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2650057

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1197.57004

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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