Delta Diagrams
Geometric Topology
2016-01-26 v3
Abstract
We call a Delta Diagram any diagram of a knot or link whose regions (including the unbounded one) have 3, 4, or 5 sides. We prove that any knot or link admits a delta diagram. We define and estimate combinatorial link invariants stemming from this definition.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1512.06417,
title = {Delta Diagrams},
author = {Slavik Jablan and Louis H. Kauffman and Pedro Lopes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06417},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
19 pages; version accepted for publication in JKTR