In the mathematical field of knot theory, an algebraic link is a link that can be decomposed by Conway spheres into 2-tangles.[1] Algebraic links are also called arborescent links.[2]
Although algebraic links and algebraic tangles were originally defined by John H. Conway as having two pairs of open ends, they were subsequently generalized to more pairs.[3]
References
- ↑ Thistlethwaite, Morwen B. (1991). “On the algebraic part of an alternating link”. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 151 (2): 317–333. MR 1132393.
- ↑ Gabai, David (1986). “Genera of the arborescent links”. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 59 (339): 1–98. doi:10.1090/memo/0339.
- ↑ Hazewinkel, Michiel (2001). Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III, Volume 13. Springer. p. 34. ISBN 9781556080104..
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