OFFSET
4,3
REFERENCES
K. Murasugi and B. J. Kurpita, A Study of Braids, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999), pp. 127-166
LINKS
T. A. Gittings, Minimum braids: a complete invariant of knots and links.
V. F. R. Jones, Hecke algebra representations of braid groups and link polynomials, Ann. of Math., 126 (1987), pp. 335-388.
EXAMPLE
4 crossing knot (1 component link) can be represented as 3-strand braid AbAb that is alternating (overcrossings and undercrossing alternate).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Thomas A. Gittings, Apr 22 2004
STATUS
approved