Abstract
A ravel is a spatial graph which is non-planar but contains no non-trivial knots or links. We characterize when a Montesinos tangle can become a ravel as the result of vertex closure with and without replacing some number of crossings by vertices.
Citation
Erica FLAPAN. Allison N. MILLER. "Ravels Arising from Montesinos Tangles." Tokyo J. Math. 40 (2) 393 - 420, December 2017. https://doi.org/10.3836/tjm/1502179235