The algebraic crossing number and the braid index of knots and links
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Publication:863102
DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.2313zbMATH Open1128.57007arXiv0907.1019OpenAlexW2134159812MaRDI QIDQ863102FDOQ863102
Authors: Keiko Kawamuro 
Publication date: 25 January 2007
Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: It has been conjectured that the algebraic crossing number of a link is uniquely determined in minimal braid representation. This conjecture is true for many classes of knots and links. The Morton-Franks-Williams inequality gives a lower bound for braid index. And sharpness of the inequality on a knot type implies the truth of the conjecture for the knot type. We prove that there are infinitely many examples of knots and links for which the inequality is not sharp but the conjecture is still true. We also show that if the conjecture is true for K and L, then it is also true for the (p,q)-cable of K and for the connect sum of K and L.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1019
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