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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  J.W. Alexander,  "A lemma on systems of knotted curves"  ''Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA'' , '''9'''  (1923)  pp. 93–95</TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top">[a2]</TD> <TD valign="top">  H.K. Brunn,  "Über verknotete Kurven" , ''Verh. Math. Kongr. Zürich''  (1897)  pp. 256–259</TD></TR></table>
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Latest revision as of 08:32, 17 March 2023

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 57K [MSN][ZBL]

Every link has a closed braid presentation (cf. also Braid theory; Link).

This result, published by J.W. Alexander in 1923, allows one to study knots and links using the theory of braids, [a1] (cf. also Knot theory). Alexander's theorem has its roots in Brunn's result (1897) that every knot has a projection with only one multiple point (it is usually not a regular projection) [a2].

The smallest number of braid strings used in the presentation is called the braid index of the link.

References

[a1] J.W. Alexander, "A lemma on systems of knotted curves" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA , 9 (1923) pp. 93–95
[a2] H.K. Brunn, "Über verknotete Kurven" , Verh. Math. Kongr. Zürich (1897) pp. 256–259
How to Cite This Entry:
Alexander theorem on braids. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Alexander_theorem_on_braids&oldid=52750
This article was adapted from an original article by Jozef Przytycki (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article