Circuit presentation and lattice stick number with exactly four z-sticks

DOI10.1142/S0218216518500463zbMATH Open1396.57010arXiv1805.00213OpenAlexW2964095094MaRDI QIDQ4579866FDOQ4579866

Authors: Hyoungjun Kim, Sungjong No 

Publication date: 10 August 2018

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The lattice stick number $s_L(L)$ of a link $L$ is defined to be the minimal number of straight line segments required to construct a stick presentation of $L$ in the cubic lattice. Hong, No and Oh found a general upper bound $s_L(K)leq3c(K)+2$. A rational link can be represented by a lattice presentation with exactly 4 $z$-sticks. An $n$-circuit is the disjoint union of $n$ arcs in the lattice plane $mathbb{Z}^2$. An $n$-circuit presentation is an embedding obtained from the $n$-circuit by connecting each $n$ pair of vertices with one line segment above the circuit. By using a 2-circuit presentation, we can easily find the lattice presentation with exactly 4 $z$-sticks. In this paper, we show that an upper bound for the lattice stick number of rational $dfracpq$-links realized with exactly 4 $z$-sticks is $2p+6$. Furthermore it is $2p+5$ if $L$ is a 2-component link.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.00213

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knotlinkrational linklattice stick numbercircuit presentationpillowcase form

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