3 papers
math.GT2018
Triple Crossing Number and Double Crossing Braid Index
Daishiro Nishida
Traditionally, knot theorists have considered projections of knots where there are two strands meeting at every crossing. A triple crossing is a crossing where three strands meet a…
math.GT2018
Multi-crossing Braids
Daishiro Nishida
Traditionally, knot theorists have considered projections of knots where there are two strands meeting at every crossing. A multi-crossing is a crossing where more than two strands…
math.GT2018
Hyperbolicity of Links in Thickened Surfaces
Colin Adams, Carlos Albors-Riera, Beatrix Haddock +3
Menasco showed that a non-split, prime, alternating link that is not a 2-braid is hyperbolic in . We prove a similar result for links in closed thickened surfaces …