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A note on transversal knots that are closed 3-braids

Geometric Topology 2008-02-11 v3 Differential Geometry

Abstract

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 transversal knots that are closed 3-braids. A list is given of all low crossing examples of transversally non-simple knots that are closed 3-braids.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703669,
  title  = {A note on transversal knots that are closed 3-braids},
  author = {Joan S. Birman and William W. Menasco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703669},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

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]

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