Title: The incompatibility of crossing number and bridge number for knot diagrams Appendix. A note on Wirtinger number and flypes by Ryan Blair and Nathaniel Morrison
Abstract: We study methods for computing the bridge number of a knot from a knot diagram. We prove equivalence between a geometric and a combinatorial definition of the bridge number of a knot diagram. For each notion of diagrammatic bridge number considered, we find crossing number minimizing knot diagrams which fail to minimize bridge number. Furthermore, we construct a family of minimal crossing diagrams for which the difference between diagrammatic bridge number and the actual bridge number of the knot grows to infinity.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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