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On two-bridge ribbon knots

Geometric Topology 2024-05-28 v4

Abstract

We show that a two-bridge ribbon knot K(m2,mk±1)K(m^2 , m k \pm 1) with m>k>0m > k >0 and (m,k)=1(m,k)=1 admits a symmetric union presentation with partial knot which is a two-bridge knot K(m,k)K(m,k). Similar descriptions for all the other two-bridge ribbon knots are also given.

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@article{arxiv.2402.07539,
  title  = {On two-bridge ribbon knots},
  author = {Sayo Horigome and Kazuhiro Ichihara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.07539},
  year   = {2024}
}

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19 pages, 18 figures

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