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An Algorithmic Definition of Gabai Width

Geometric Topology 2023-09-13 v1

Abstract

We define the Wirtinger width of a knot. Then we prove the Wirtinger width of a knot equals its Gabai width. The algorithmic nature of the Wirtinger width leads to an efficient technique for establishing upper bounds on Gabai width. As an application, we use this technique to calculate the Gabai width of approximately 50000 tabulated knots.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1912.02295,
  title  = {An Algorithmic Definition of Gabai Width},
  author = {Ricky Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02295},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

17 pages, 9 Figures

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