The spiral index of knots

DOI10.1017/S0305004110000241zbMATH Open1207.57017arXiv0903.0393MaRDI QIDQ3586282FDOQ3586282

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Publication date: 6 September 2010

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Two new invariants that are closely related to Milnor's curvature-torsion invariant are introduced. The first, the spiral index of a knot, captures the minimum number of maxima among all knot projections that are free of inflection points. This invariant is closely related to both the bridge and braid index of the knot. The second, the projective superbridge index, provides a method of counting the greatest number of maxima that occur in a given knot projection. In addition to investigating how these invariants are related to the classical invariants, we utilize them to determine all knots with curvature-torsion invariant equal to 6 pi.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0393

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zbMATH Keywords

superbridge indexMilnor's curvature-torsion invariantSpiral index

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