The crossing number of composite knots

DOI10.1112/jtopol/jtp028zbMath1190.57003arXiv0805.4706OpenAlexW3106014470MaRDI QIDQ3402138

Marc Lackenby

Publication date: 2 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4706

zbMATH Keywords

connected sumcrossing numbernormal surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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