Removing colors 2k, 2k − 1, and k

DOI10.1142/S0218216519400133MaRDI QIDQ5218909zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 6 March 2020

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5278

zbMATH Keywords

knots and linksminimum number of colorsFox coloringsremoving colors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

Abstract: We prove that if a link admits non-trivial (2k+1)-colorings, with prime 2k+1>7, it also admits non-trivial (2k+1)-colorings not involving colors 2k, 2k-1, nor k.

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