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arxiv: math/0702254 · v1 · submitted 2007-02-09 · 🧮 math.DG · math.GT

Singularity Knots of Minimal Surfaces in mathbb{R}⁴

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We study knots in $\mathbb{S}^3$ obtained by the intersection of a minimal surface in $\mathbb{R}^4$ with a small 3-sphere centered at a branch point. We construct examples of new minimal knots. In particular we show the existence of non-fibered minimal knots. We show that simple minimal knots are either reversible or fully amphicheiral; this yields an obstruction for a given knot to be an iterated knot of a minimal surface. Properties and invariants of these knots such as the algebraic crossing number of a braid representative and the Alexander polynomial are studied.

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