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UNSPECIFIED (2001) On compressing discs of torus knots. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS, 52 (Part 1). pp. 25-32. ISSN 0033-5606.
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Abstract
We prove that every compressing disc of a (2n + 1, 2)-torus knot has at least 2n negative intersections with the knot; this implies that, in the language of [2], the natural framing is -2n. The proof uses an explicit and elementary simplification procedure for compressing discs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS | ||||
Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | ||||
ISSN: | 0033-5606 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2001 | ||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||
Number: | Part 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 25-32 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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