Minimal degree sequence for 2-bridge knots
Volume 190 / 2006
Fundamenta Mathematicae 190 (2006), 191-210
MSC: Primary 57M99.
DOI: 10.4064/fm190-0-7
Abstract
We discuss polynomial representations for 2-bridge knots and determine the minimal degree sequence for all such knots. We apply the connection between rational tangles and 2-bridge knots.