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Quasipositivity and homogeneity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2005

S. BAADER
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut der Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 21, CH-4051 Basel, Schweiz. e-mail: baader@math-lab.unibas.ch

Abstract

We prove the following characterization of positive knots: a knot is positive if and only if it is homogeneous and strongly quasipositive.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Cambridge Philosophical Society

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