Complementary regions of knot and link diagrams

DOI10.1007/S00026-011-0109-2zbMATH Open1236.57011arXiv0812.2558OpenAlexW2010247425MaRDI QIDQ659650FDOQ659650

Authors: Reiko Shinjo, Kokoro Tanaka, Colin Adams 

Publication date: 24 January 2012

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An increasing sequence of integers is said to be universal for knots and links if every knot and link has a projection to the sphere such that the number of edges of each complementary face of the projection comes from the given sequence. This paper is an investigation into which sequences, either finite or infinite, are universal. We also consider how to minimize the number of odd-sided faces for projections of knots and links with n components.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2558

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zbMATH Keywords

knot diagram4-valent graphcomplementary region

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

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