Maximal Thurston-Bennequin Number of Two-Bridge Links
Geometric Topology
2014-10-01 v3
Abstract
We compute the maximal Thurston-Bennequin number for a Legendrian two-bridge knot or oriented two-bridge link in standard contact R^3, by showing that the upper bound given by the Kauffman polynomial is sharp. As an application, we present a table of maximal Thurston-Bennequin numbers for prime knots with nine or fewer crossings.
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@article{arxiv.math/0008242,
title = {Maximal Thurston-Bennequin Number of Two-Bridge Links},
author = {Lenhard L. Ng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0008242},
year = {2014}
}
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Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol1/agt-1-21.abs.html