STICK NUMBER OF THETA-CURVES

• Journal title : Honam Mathematical Journal
• Volume 31, Issue 1,  2009, pp.1-9
• Publisher : The Honam Mathematical Society
• DOI : 10.5831/HMJ.2009.31.1.001
Title & Authors
STICK NUMBER OF THETA-CURVES
Huh, Young-Sik; Oh, Seung-Sang;

Abstract
In this paper we establish strict lower bounds on number of sticks necessary to construct stick presentations of nontrivial or almost trivial $\small{{\mu}}$-curves.
Keywords
knot;$\small{{\theta}}$-curve;stick number;
Language
English
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