The enumeration and classification of prime 20-crossing knots

Thistlethwaite, Morwen B¹

¹Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States

Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 25 (2025) no. 1, pp. 329-344

Résumé

An account is given of the compilation of the 1847319428 prime knots with 20 crossings.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2025.25.329

Keywords: knots, knot invariants, primality of knots

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