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arxiv: 0909.3281 · v1 · submitted 2009-09-17 · 🧮 math.GT

Chebyshev diagrams for two-bridge knots

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We show that every two-bridge knot $K$ of crossing number $N$ admits a polynomial parametrization $x=T_3(t), y = T_b(t), z =C(t)$ where $T_k(t)$ are the Chebyshev polynomials and $b+\deg C = 3N$. If $C (t)= T_c(t)$ is a Chebyshev polynomial, we call such a knot a harmonic knot. We give the classification of harmonic knots for $a \le 3.$ Most results are derived from continued fractions and their matrix representations.

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