Braid representatives minimizing the number of simple walks

DOI10.26493/1855-3974.2730.6ACMaRDI QIDQ5056826zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hans U. Boden, Matthew Shimoda

Publication date 8 December 2022

Published in Ars Mathematica Contemporanea (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.11483

zbMATH Keywords

braidscolored Jones polynomialknotssimple walk

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Knot polynomials (57K14)

Abstract: Given a knot, we develop methods for finding the braid representative that minimizes the number of simple walks. Such braids lead to an efficient method for computing the colored Jones polynomial of $K$, following an approach developed by Armond and implemented by Hajij and Levitt. We use this method to compute the colored Jones polynomial in closed form for the knots $5_2,6_1,$ and $7_2$. The set of simple walks can change under reflection, rotation, and cyclic permutation of the braid, and we prove an invariance property which relates the simple walks of a braid to those of its reflection under cyclic permutation. We study the growth rate of the number of simple walks for families of torus knots. Finally, we present a table of braid words that minimize the number of simple walks for knots up to 13 crossings.

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