Topology and its Applications ( IF 0.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 , DOI: 10.1016/j.topol.2021.107753 Antonio F. Costa , Cam Van Quach-Hongler
This paper is devoted to the proof of existence of q-periodic alternating projections of prime alternating q-periodic knots. The main tool is the Menasco-Thistlethwaite's Flyping Theorem.
Let K be an oriented prime alternating knot that is q-periodic with , i.e. that admits a rotation of order q as a symmetry. Then K has an alternating projection such that the rotational symmetry of K is visualized as a rotation of the projection sphere leaving invariant.
As an application, we obtain that the crossing number of a q-periodic alternating knot with is a multiple of q. Furthermore we give an elementary proof that the knot is not 3-periodic; our proof does not depend on computer calculations as in [11].
中文翻译:
交替结的周期性投影
本文致力于证明质数交替q-周期结的q-周期交替投影的存在性。主要工具是 Menasco-Thistlethwaite 的飞行定理。
设K是一个有向质数交替结,它是q周期的,即允许q阶旋转作为对称性。那么K有一个交替投影使得K的旋转对称性可视化为投影球体的旋转离开 不变的。
作为一个应用,我们得到一个q周期交替结的交叉数与是q的倍数。此外,我们给出了一个基本的证明,即结不是 3-周期的;我们的证明不依赖于 [11] 中的计算机计算。