k-alternating knots

P Hackney; Leonard Van Wyk; Nathan Walters

doi:10.1016/j.topol.2004.11.007

k-alternating knots

P Hackney, Leonard Van Wyk, Nathan Walters

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A projection of a knot is k-alternating if its overcrossings and undercrossings alternate in groups of k as one reads around the projection (an obvious generalization of the notion of an alternating projection). We prove that every knot admits a 2-alternating projection, which partitions nontrivial knots into two classes: alternating and 2-alternating. &COPY; 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-131
Number of pages	7
Journal	Topology and its Applications
Volume	150
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2004.11.007
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2005
Externally published	Yes

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knots
alternating knots
almost-alternating knots
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