The crossing number of satellite knots
Geometric Topology
2014-11-11 v2
Abstract
We show that the crossing number of a satellite knot is at least 10^{-13} times the crossing number of its companion knot.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.3095,
title = {The crossing number of satellite knots},
author = {Marc Lackenby},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3095},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
26 pages, 10 figures; v2: a significant gap in the proof has been filled