Edge number results for piecewise-Linear knots

Monica Meissen

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Edge number results for piecewise-Linear knots

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Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas 67117, U.S.A.

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The minimal number of edges required to form a knot or link of type K is the edge number of K, and is denoted e(K). When knots are drawn with edges, they are appropriately called piecewise-linear or PL knots. This paper presents some edge number results for PL knots. Included are illustrations of and integer coordinates for the vertices of several prime PL knots.

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Edge number results for piecewise-Linear knots

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