A note on the sheet numbers of twist-spun knots

Publication date 2 September 2010

Published in Hiroshima Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

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A diagram of a 2-knot \(K:S^2\to\mathbb{R}^4\) is the image of \(K\) under a generic linear projection to \(\mathbb{R}^3\). It is a union of compact connected surfaces embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). The sheet number \(Sh(K)\) is the minimal number of such surfaces needed for any diagram of \(K\). Here quandle cohomology is used to provide lower bounds for \(Sh(K)\). If \(K\) is an \(r\)-twist spin of a 1-knot \(k\) which has a minimal diagram with a clasp then \(Sh(K)\) is bounded above by \((2c(k)-5)r+2\), where \(c(k)\) is the crossing number of \(k\). Together these suffice to determine \(Sh(K)\) for \(K\) the 2- or 3-twist spin of the trefoil knot.

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