Trunk of satellite and companion knots

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2020.107054zbMATH Open1432.57014arXiv1812.03390OpenAlexW2905939697WikidataQ126386403 ScholiaQ126386403MaRDI QIDQ2295643FDOQ2295643

Wendy Wu, Nithin Kavi, Zhenkun Li

Publication date: 14 February 2020

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

Abstract: We study the knot invariant called trunk, as defined by Ozawa, and the relation of the trunk of a satellite knot with the trunk of its companion knot. Our first result is $mtrunk(K)geqncdotmtrunk(J)$ where $mtrunk(cdot)$ denotes the trunk of a knot, $K$ is a satellite knot with companion $J$, and $n$ is the winding number of $K$. To upgrade winding number to wrapping number, which we denote by $m$, we must include an extra factor of $frac12$ in our second result $mtrunk(K)>frac12mcdotmtrunk(J)$ since $mgeqn$. We also discuss generalizations of the second result.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.03390

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zbMATH Keywords

knotsatellite knotwinding numbertrunkwrapping numbercompanion knot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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