ON THE ALGEBRAIC PART OF AN ALTERNATING LINK

被引:21
作者
THISTLETHWAITE, MB
机构
[1] University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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10.2140/pjm.1991.151.317
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
A simple method is given for determining the algebraic part of an alternating link. It is proved that the only alternating diagrams of elementary links are the "obvious" ones.
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页码:317 / 333
页数:17
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