Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4659403 Topology and its Applications 2012 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

We establish some relationships between the meridional number, an invariant of links in the solid torus, and the expression of these links in various skein modules of the solid torus. As an application, we calculate the meridional number of a family of links, the Bing links.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Geometry and Topology