Knots with equal bridge index and braid index

DOI10.1142/S0218216521500759MaRDI QIDQ5033071zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 22 February 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.11790

zbMATH Keywords

rational tanglebraid indexbridge indexbending energyelastic knotsMontesinos links\(2\)-bridge knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Knot theory (57K10)

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