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Ribbonlength and crossing number for folded ribbon knots

Authors :
Denne, Elizabeth
Source :
J. Knot Theory Ramifications Vol 30, Issue 4, 2150028 (2021)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We study Kauffman's model of folded ribbon knots: knots made of a thin strip of paper folded flat in the plane. The ribbonlength is the length to width ratio of such a folded ribbon knot. We show for any knot or link type that there exist constants $c_1, c_2>0$ such that the ribbonlength is bounded above by $c_1\cdot Cr(K)^2$, and also by $c_2\cdot Cr(K)^{3/2}$. We use a different method for each bound. The constant $c_1$ is quite small in comparison to $c_2$, and the first bound is lower than the second for knots and links with $Cr(K)\leq$ 12,748.<br />Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures. Revision 1: Correction to Theorem 2

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
J. Knot Theory Ramifications Vol 30, Issue 4, 2150028 (2021)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2010.03611
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216521500280