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48 results for knot classification

In this paper we study Legendrian knots in the knot types of satellite knots. In particular, we classify Legendrian Whitehead patterns and learn a great deal about Legendrian braided patterns. We also show how the classification of Legendrian patterns can lead to a classification of the associated satellite knots if th…

2016-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We complete the classification of hyperbolic pretzel knots admitting Seifert fibered surgeries. This is the final step in understanding all exceptional surgeries on hyperbolic pretzel knots. We also present results toward similar classifications for non-pretzel Montesinos knots of length three.

2012-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We generalize the classical study of Alexander polynomials of smooth or PL locally-flat knots to PL knots that are not necessarily locally-flat. We introduce three families of generalized Alexander polynomials and study their properties. For knots with point singularities, we obtain a classification of these polynomial…

2003-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifies uncolored bonded knots with up to 7 singularity points.

problem Classifying uncolored bonded knots with up to 7 singularity points.
method Generation of planar graphs, conversion into bonded knot diagrams, use of Yamada polynomial, and brute-force Reidemeister moves.
result Systematic classification of uncolored bonded knots with singularity number at most seven.

This paper gives new and elementary combinatorial topological proofs of the classification of unoriented and oriented rational knots and links. These proofs are based on the known classification of alternating knots through flyping, and the calculus of continued fractions. We characterize the class of strongly invertib…

2002-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We give a complete classification of exceptional surgeries on hyperbolic alternating knots in the 3-sphere. As an appendix, we also show that the Montesinos knots M (-1/2, 2/5, 1/(2q + 1)) with q at least 5 have no non-trivial exceptional surgeries. This gives the final step in a complete classification of exceptional …

2013-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces an invariant to distinguish handlebody-knot exteriors.

problem Challenges in distinguishing handlebody-knots with homeomorphic exteriors.
method Defined an invariant (annulus diagram) using characteristic submanifold theory and Koda-Ozawa classification for essential annuli.
result The annulus diagram can differentiate handlebody-knot families.

Virtual knot theory, introduced by Kauffman, is a generalization of classical knot theory of interest because its finite-type invariant theory is potentially a topological interpretation of Etingof and Kazhdan's theory of quantization of Lie bi-algebras. Classical knots inject into virtual knots, and flat virtual knots…

2012-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we show that any unknotting tunnel for a two bridge knot is isotopic to either one of known ones. This together with Morimoto-Sakuma's result gives the complete classification of unknotting tunnels for two bridge knots up to isotopies and homeomorphisms.

1999-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper deals with topologically trivial Legendrian knots in tight and overtwisted contact 3-manifolds. The first part contains a thorough exposition of the proof of the classification of topologically trivial Legendrian knots (i.e. Legendrian knots bounding embedded 2-disks) in tight contact 3-manifolds. This part w…

2008-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifies knots by lattice size, finding unknot ratios and crossing numbers.

problem Understanding the distribution of knots within different lattice sizes.
method Introduced a new knot classification by lattice size, analyzed ratios of unknots and knots with more than 10 crossings, and compared with theoretical estimates.
result Ratio of unknots decreases exponentially with lattice size, and computational results match theoretical estimates.

Classifies real rational knots and curves in a specific quadric space.

problem Classifying real rational knots and curves in a quadric space of signature (3,2)(3,2).
method Classification through a study of real rational curves of low degree in the quadric.
result Provides representatives of all real rational knots of degree 5\leq 5 in the quadric.

We present classification results for exceptional Legendrian realisations of torus knots. These are the first results of that kind for non-trivial topological knot types. Enumeration results of Ding-Li-Zhang concerning tight contact structures on certain Seifert fibred manifolds with boundary allow us to place upper bo…

2018-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

New upper bound on Jones polynomial for fibered positive links.

problem Classifying positive and non-positive knots of crossing number ≤ 12.
method Proved a new upper bound on the maximum degree of Jones polynomial for fibered positive knots.
result Maximum degree of Jones polynomial for fibered positive knots is at most four times the minimum degree.

S. Satoh has defined a construction to obtain a ribbon torus knot given a welded knot. This construction is known to be surjective. We show that it is not injective. Using the invariant of the peripheral structure, it is possible to provide a restriction on this failure of injectivity. In particular we also provide an …

2007-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on cylindrical handlebody-knots with symmetry and rigidity properties.

problem Characterizing symmetry groups of cylindrical handlebody-knots of genus two.
method Classification of essential annuli and analysis of symmetry groups based on Koda-Ozawa theorem.
result Most exteriors of genus two cylindrical handlebody-knots contain no essential disks or tori, and type 33-33 annuli are often unique up to isotopy.

The classical knot groups are the fundamental groups of the complements of smooth or piecewise-linear (PL) locally-flat knots. For PL knots that are not locally-flat, there is a pair of interesting groups to study: the fundamental group of the knot complement and that of the complement of the ``boundary knot'' that occ…

2004-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We classify Legendrian torus knots and figure eight knots in the tight contact structure on the 3-sphere up to Legendrian isotopy. As a corollary to this we also obtain the classification of transversal torus knots and figure eight knots up to transversal isotopy.

2000-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper a classification of Reidemeister moves, which is the most refined, is introduced. In particular, this classification distinguishes some Ω3Ω_3-moves that only differ in how the three strands that are involved in the move are ordered on the knot. To transform knot diagrams of isotopic knots into each other …

2000-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a gauge model of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and its nonabelian generalization from which we derive knot invariants such as the Jones polynomial. Our approach is inspired by the work of Witten who derived knot invariants from quantum field theory based on the Chern-Simon Lagrangian. From our approach we ca…

2000-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniform Closure Method and Bayes classifier perform similarly in classifying open knots.

problem Classifying knots in open macromolecular chains.
method Used the Bayes MAP classifier and compared it to the Uniform Closure Method.
result Both methods have comparable accuracy and positive predictive value.

The alternating knots, links and twists projected on the S2S_2 sphere were identified with the phase space of a Hamiltonian dynamic system of one degree of freedom. The saddles of the system correspond to the crossings, the edges correspond to the stable and unstable manifolds connecting the saddles. Each face is then …

2007-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The contents of this 6-page paper have been subsumed into the 13-page paper, "A note on closed 3-braids", arXiv:0802.1072 [math.GT]. This paper is correct, but contains less information than the new one. The topological classification of knots that are closed braids is shown to lead to a classification theorem for tran…

2007-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

New knot concept extends welded knots, simplifying classification.

problem Classifying welded knots and their complements.
method Introducing 'wen knots', proving subset relationships, characterizing complements.
result Extended welded knots can be fully characterized by the parity of wens.

A holonomic knot is a knot in 3-space which arises as the 2-jet extension of a smooth function on the circle. A holonomic knot associated to a generic function is naturally framed by the blackboard framing of the knot diagram associated to the 1-jet extension of the function. There are two classical invariants of frame…

2002-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗