Closed braids which are not prime knots

DOI10.1017/S0305004100056267zbMath0433.57005OpenAlexW2025246684MaRDI QIDQ3871584

Hugh R. Morton

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100056267

zbMATH Keywords

prime knotsproduct of two knotsclosure of a 3-braid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

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• Infinitely many fibred knots having the same Alexander polynomial