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On the algebraic part of an alternating link

Morwen Thistlethwaite

Vol. 151 (1991), No. 2, 317–333
Abstract

A simple method is given for determining the algebraic part of an alternating link. It is proved that the only alternating diagrams of elementary links are the “obvious” ones.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M25
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Received: 20 August 1990
Revised: 7 January 1991
Published: 1 December 1991
Authors
Morwen Thistlethwaite