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On the minimum number of Fox Colorings of Knots

arXiv:2005.11336

Abstract

We investigate Fox colorings of knots that are 17-colorable. Precisely, we prove that any 17-colorable knot has a diagram such that exactly 6 among the seventeen colors are assigned to the arcs of the diagram.

26 pages, 57 figures. The Graduate Journal of Mathematics 2020