Abstract
For a ribbon knot we define the notion of its ribbon number. In this paper we estimate the ribbon number for a ribbon knot by using the Jones polynomial. As a corollary we determine the ribbon number of the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.
Citation
Yoko Mizuma. "An estimate of the ribbon number by the Jones polynomial." Osaka J. Math. 43 (2) 365 - 369, June 2006.
Information
Published: June 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 6 July 2006
zbMATH: 1111.57007
MathSciNet: MR2262340
Subjects:
Primary:
57M27
Secondary:
57M25
Rights: Copyright © 2006 Osaka University and Osaka City University, Departments of Mathematics
