Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4659946 Topology and its Applications 2012 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

For a knot K the cube number is a knot invariant defined to be the smallest n for which there is a cube diagram of size n for K. There is also a Legendrian version of this invariant called the Legendrian cube number. We will show that the Legendrian cube number distinguishes the Legendrian left hand torus knots with maximal Thurston–Bennequin number and maximal rotation number from the Legendrian left hand torus knots with maximal Thurston–Bennequin number and minimal rotation number.

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