On the distortion of knots on embedded surfaces

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2011.174.1.21zbMATH Open1227.57013arXiv1010.1972OpenAlexW2132665215WikidataQ29040479 ScholiaQ29040479MaRDI QIDQ640799FDOQ640799

Authors: John Pardon 

Publication date: 20 October 2011

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Our main result is a nontrivial lower bound for the distortion of some specific knots. In particular, we show that the distortion of the torus knot $T_{p,q}$ satisfies $delta(T_{p,q})>frac1160min(p,q)$. This answers a 1983 question of Gromov.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1972

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zbMATH Keywords

knot distortion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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