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A family of transversely nonsimple knots
Khandhawit, Tirasan1 ; Ng, Lenhard2
1Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
2Mathematics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 10 (2010) no. 1, pp. 293-314
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We apply knot Floer homology to exhibit an infinite family of transversely nonsimple prime knots starting with 10132. We also discuss the combinatorial relationship between grid diagrams, braids and Legendrian and transverse knots in standard contact ℝ3.

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2010.10.293
Keywords: transverse knot, Legendrian knot, knot Floer homology

Khandhawit, Tirasan  1   ; Ng, Lenhard  2

1 Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
2 Mathematics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA 
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Khandhawit, Tirasan; Ng, Lenhard. A family of transversely nonsimple knots. Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 10 (2010) no. 1, pp. 293-314. doi: 10.2140/agt.2010.10.293

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