Gordian Adjacency for Positive Braid Knots

MaRDI QIDQ4965490zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tolson Bell, David C. Luo, Luke Seaton, Samuel P. Serra

Publication date 1 March 2021

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02933, https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1436&context=rhumj

zbMATH Keywords

knot theorytorus knotsGordian distancepositive braid knotsunknotting sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

Abstract: A knot $K_1$ is said to be Gordian adjacent to a knot $K_2$ if $K_1$ is an intermediate knot on an unknotting sequence of $K_2$. We extend previous results on Gordian adjacency by showing sufficient conditions for Gordian adjacency between classes of positive braid knots through manipulations of braid words. In addition, we explore unknotting sequences of positive braid knots and give a proof that there are only finitely many positive braid knots for a given unknotting number.

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