On the distortion of knots on embedded surfaces
On the distortion of knots on embedded surfaces
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关于嵌入表面上结的变形
DOI:
10.4007/annals.2011.174.1.21
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2010
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J. Pardon
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J. Pardon
Our main result is a nontrivial lower bound for the distortion of some specific knots. In particular, we show that the distortion of the torus knot $T_{p,q}$ satisfies $\delta(T_{p,q})>\frac 1{160}\min(p,q)$. This answers a 1983 question of Gromov.