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alternating knot
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(Definition)
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An alternating knot is a knot with a diagram that has crossings that alternate between over and under as one travels around the knot in a fixed direction.
Examples of alternating knots include the trefoil knot and the figure-eight knot.
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Cross-references: fixed, knot
There are 8 references to this entry.
This is version 6 of alternating knot, born on 2006-12-22, modified 2007-07-20.
Object id is 8658, canonical name is AlternatingKnot.
Accessed 1240 times total.
Classification:
| AMS MSC: | 57M25 (Manifolds and cell complexes :: Low-dimensional topology :: Knots and links in $S^3$) |
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