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Representations of (1,1)-knots

Alessia Cattabriga, Michele Mulazzani (2005)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We present two different representations of (1,1)-knots and study some connections between them. The first representation is algebraic: every (1,1)-knot is represented by an element of the pure mapping class group of the twice punctured torus PMCG₂(T). Moreover, there is a surjective map from the kernel of the natural homomorphism Ω:PMCG₂(T) → MCG(T) ≅ SL(2,ℤ), which is a free group of rank two, to the class of all (1,1)-knots in a fixed lens space. The second representation is parametric:...

On the Signatures of Torus Knots

Maciej Borodzik, Krzysztof Oleszkiewicz (2010)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We study properties of the signature function of the torus knot T p , q . First we provide a very elementary proof of the formula for the integral of the signature over the circle. We also obtain a closed formula for the Tristram-Levine signature of a torus knot in terms of Dedekind sums.

Unknotting number and knot diagram.

Yasutaka Nakanishi (1996)

Revista Matemática de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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This note is a continuation of a former paper, where we have discussed the unknotting number of knots with respect to knot diagrams. We will show that for every minimum-crossing knot-diagram among all unknotting-number-one two-bridge knot there exist crossings whose exchange yields the trivial knot, if the third Tait conjecture is true.

Lissajous knots and billiard knots

Vaughan Jones, Józef Przytycki (1998)

Banach Center Publications

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We show that Lissajous knots are equivalent to billiard knots in a cube. We consider also knots in general 3-dimensional billiard tables. We analyse symmetry of knots in billiard tables and show in particular that the Alexander polynomial of a Lissajous knot is a square modulo 2.

Every knot is a billiard knot

P. V. Koseleff, D. Pecker (2014)

Banach Center Publications

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We show that every knot can be realized as a billiard trajectory in a convex prism. This proves a conjecture of Jones and Przytycki.

Quandles and symmetric quandles for higher dimensional knots

Seiichi Kamada (2014)

Banach Center Publications

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A symmetric quandle is a quandle with a good involution. For a knot in ℝ³, a knotted surface in ℝ⁴ or an n-manifold knot in ℝ n + 2 , the knot symmetric quandle is defined. We introduce the notion of a symmetric quandle presentation, and show how to get a presentation of a knot symmetric quandle from a diagram.

Wirtinger presentations for higher dimensional manifold knots obtained from diagrams

Seiichi Kamada (2001)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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A Wirtinger presentation of a knot group is obtained from a diagram of the knot. T. Yajima showed that for a 2-knot or a closed oriented surface embedded in the Euclidean 4-space, a Wirtinger presentation of the knot group is obtained from a diagram in an analogous way. J. S. Carter and M. Saito generalized the method to non-orientable surfaces in 4-space by cutting non-orientable sheets of their diagrams by some arcs. We give a modification to their method so that one does not need...

On slice knots in the complex projective plane.

Akira Yasuhara (1992)

Revista Matemática de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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We investigate the knots in the boundary of the punctured complex projective plane. Our result gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by Suzuki. As an application, we answer to a question by Mathieu.