Algebraic link

In the mathematical field of knot theory, an algebraic link is a link formed by connecting the open ends of an algebraic tangle.[1] Algebraic links are also called arborescent links.[2] Although algebraic links and algebraic tangles were originally defined by John H. Conway as having two pairs of open ends, they were subsequently generalized to more pairs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Colin C. (1994), The Knot Book, American Mathematical Society, p. 48, ISBN 9780821886137.
  2. ↑ Gabai, David (1986). "Genera of the arborescent links". Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 59 (339): 1–98. doi:10.1090/memo/0339.
  3. ↑ Hazewinkel, Michiel (2001), Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III, Volume 13, Springer, p. 34, ISBN 9781556080104.
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