Brunnian links
Volume 193 / 2007
Fundamenta Mathematicae 193 (2007), 259-276
MSC: Primary 57M25; Secondary 20E05.
DOI: 10.4064/fm193-3-3
Abstract
A Brunnian link is a set of $n$ linked loops such that every proper sublink is trivial. Simple Brunnian links have a natural algebraic representation. This is used to determine the form, length and number of minimal simple Brunnian links. Braids are used to investigate when two algebraic words represent equivalent simple Brunnian links that differ only in the arrangement of the component loops.
