On a generalized Jones conjecture
Geometric Topology
2008-08-05 v2 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We solve the Jones conjecture, which states that the exponent sum in a minimal braid representation of a knot in S^3 is a knot invariant, by proving a generalized version of the original one. We apply contact geometry to study this problem in knot theory.
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@article{arxiv.0807.3761,
title = {On a generalized Jones conjecture},
author = {Keiko Kawamuro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3761},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages, 11 figures