2 papers
math.GT2025
Minimal cobordisms between thin and thick torus knots
Sebastian Baader, Lukas Lewark, Filip Misev +1
We determine the locally flat cobordism distance between torus knots with small and large braid index, up to high precision. Here small means 2, 3, 4, or 6. As an application, we d…
math.GT2024
On unknotting fibered positive knots and braids
Marc Kegel, Lukas Lewark, Naageswaran Manikandan +3
The unknotting number and the genus of braid positive knots are equal, as shown by Rudolph. We prove the stronger statement that any positive braid diagram of a genus k…