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Families of knots for which Morton's inequality is strict

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We describe a procedure for creating infinite families of knots, each having the maximum degree of their HOMFLY polynomial strictly less than twice their canonical genus. These families build upon examples first found by Stoimenow.

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@article{arxiv.math/0608763,
  title  = {Families of knots for which Morton's inequality is strict},
  author = {Mark Brittenham and Jacqueline Jensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608763},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures