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Prime knots and tangles

  • Lickorish W
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (1981) 267(1) 321-332
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-1981-0621991-2
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Abstract

A study is made of a method of proving that a classical knot or link is prime. The method consists of identifying together the boundaries of two prime tangles. Examples and ways of constructing prime tangles are explored.

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Lickorish, W. B. R. (1981). Prime knots and tangles. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 267(1), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9947-1981-0621991-2

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