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Chebyshev diagrams for two-bridge knots

Geometric Topology 2009-09-18 v1

Abstract

We show that every two-bridge knot KK of crossing number NN admits a polynomial parametrization x=T3(t),y=Tb(t),z=C(t)x=T_3(t), y = T_b(t), z =C(t) where Tk(t)T_k(t) are the Chebyshev polynomials and b+degC=3Nb+\deg C = 3N. If C(t)=Tc(t)C (t)= T_c(t) is a Chebyshev polynomial, we call such a knot a harmonic knot. We give the classification of harmonic knots for a3.a \le 3. Most results are derived from continued fractions and their matrix representations.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3281,
  title  = {Chebyshev diagrams for two-bridge knots},
  author = {Pierre-Vincent Koseleff and Daniel Pecker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3281},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

25p. 17 figures, submitted. This is a part of "Chebyshev diagrams for rational knots", arXiv:0906.4083

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