Hopf plumbing and minimal diagrams

  • Sebastian Baader

    Universität Bern, Switzerland

Abstract

We determine minimal diagrams and braid indices for fibered arborescent knots arising from plumbing positive or negative Hopf bands along trees.

Cite this article

Sebastian Baader, Hopf plumbing and minimal diagrams. Comment. Math. Helv. 80 (2005), no. 3, pp. 631–642

DOI 10.4171/CMH/28