Jones diameter and crossing number of knots

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2023.108937MaRDI QIDQ2689544zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Efstratia Kalfagianni, Christine Ruey Shan Lee

Publication date 10 March 2023

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.12391

zbMATH Keywords

crossing numberJones diametersatellite knotsWhitehead double

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Review text

Let \(jd_{K}\) and \(c(K)\) denote the Jones diameter and the crossing number of the knot \(K\), respectively. The independent work of Kauffman, Murasugi, and Thistlethwaite implies that \(jd_{K} \leq 2c(K)\) for any knot \(K\) and the equality holds if \(K\) is adequate. In this paper, the authors prove that the equality forces \(K\) to be adequate. This result has many significant applications in determining the crossing number of broad families of non-adequate prime satellite knots. In particular, the authors determine the crossing number of untwisted Whitehead doubles of zero-writhe adequate knots. This includes, for instance, the Whitehead doubles of the connected sum of any alternating knot with its mirror image. Also, they determine the crossing number of the connected sum of any adequate knot with an untwisted Whitehead double of a zero-writhe adequate knot.

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