On the braid index of links with nested diagrams

DOI10.1017/S0305004100075368zbMath0753.57004MaRDI QIDQ4004616

D. A. Chalcraft

Publication date: 27 September 1992

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

zbMATH Keywords

braid index of a linkbreadth of the homfly polynomialnumber of Seifert circuits

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Cites Work

• Hecke algebra representations of braid groups and link polynomials
• The minimal number of Seifert circles equals the braid index of a link
• A new polynomial invariant of knots and links