A new bound on odd multicrossing numbers of knots and links

DOI10.1142/S0218216522500080MaRDI QIDQ5076507zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Anshul Guha

Publication date 17 May 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.15374

zbMATH Keywords

crossing numbergeometric topologyknot theorymulticrossing knotsmulticrossing number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

Abstract: An $n$-crossing projection of a link $L$ is a projection of $L$ onto a plane such that $n$ points on $L$ are superimposed on top of each other at every crossing. We prove that for all $kinmathbbN$ and all links $L$, the inequality ${\displaystyle }$c_{2k+1}(L) geq frac{2g(L) + r(L)-1}{k^2}${\displaystyle }$ holds, where $c_{2k+1}(L)$, $g(L)$, and $r(L)$ are the $(2k+1)$-crossing number, $3$-genus, and number of components of $L$ respectively. This result is used to prove a new bound on the odd crossing numbers of torus knots and generalizes a result of Jablonowski. We also prove a new upper bound on the $5$-crossing numbers of the 2-torus knots and links. Furthermore, we improve the lower bounds on the $5$-crossing numbers of $79$ knots with $2$-crossing number $leq12$. Finally, we improve the lower bounds on the $7$-crossing numbers of $5$ knots with $2$-crossing number $leq12$.

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