The number of strings on essential tangle decompositions of a knot can be unbounded

DOI10.2140/AGT.2016.16.2535zbMATH Open1358.57017arXiv1705.06520OpenAlexW3103252835MaRDI QIDQ341748FDOQ341748

Authors: João Miguel Nogueira 

Publication date: 17 November 2016

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct an infinite collection of knots with the property that any knot in this family has $n$-string essential tangle decompositions for arbitrarily high $n$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.06520

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zbMATH Keywords

essential tangle decompositionmeridional essential surface

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