Folded ribbonlength of 2-bridge knots

DOI10.1142/S021821652350030XzbMATH Open1520.57006arXiv2208.03669OpenAlexW4327730363MaRDI QIDQ6041685FDOQ6041685

Sungjong No, Hyungkee Yoo, Hyoungjun Kim

Publication date: 12 May 2023

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

Abstract: A ribbon is a two-dimensional object with one-dimensional properties which is related with geometry, robotics and molecular biology. A folded ribbon structure provides a complex structure through a series of folds. We focus on a folded ribbon with knotted core. The folded ribbonlength $Rib(K)$ of a knot $K$ is the infimum of the quotient of length by width among the ribbons representing a knot type of $K$. This quantity tells how efficiently the folded ribbon is realized. Kusner conjectured that folded ribbonlength is bounded by a linear function of the minimal crossing number $c(K)$. In this paper, we confirm that the folded ribbonlength of a 2-bridge knot $K$ is bounded above by $2c(K)+2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03669

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zbMATH Keywords

2-bridge knotfolded ribbon knotfolded ribbonlength

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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