Almost alternating links

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(92)90130-RzbMath0766.57003WikidataQ127016122 ScholiaQ127016122MaRDI QIDQ1199910

Anne M. Joseph, Keith A. Faigin, Colin C. Adams, Jeffrey F. Brock, John Bugbee, Amy M. Huston, Timothy D. Comar, David Pesikoff

Publication date: 17 January 1993

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

alternating knotsbracket polynomialalmost alternating linksspan of bracket polynomial

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Uses Software

• SnapPea

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• Closed incompressible surfaces in alternating knot and link complements
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