Framings of knots satisfying differential relations

Hebda, James; Tsau, Chichen

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03222-7

Framings of knots satisfying differential relations

Authors: James J. Hebda and Chichen M. Tsau
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), 267-281
MSC (2000): Primary 57M25; Secondary 53A04, 53C23, 57R40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03222-7
Published electronically: August 21, 2003
MathSciNet review: 2020032
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Abstract: This paper introduces the notion of a differential framing relation for knots in a three-dimensional manifold. There is a canonical map from the space of knots that satisfy a framing relation into the space of framed knots. Under reasonable assumptions this canonical map is a weak homotopy equivalence.

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