{"title":"Yarn ball knots and faster computations","authors":"Dror Bar-Natan, Itai Bar-Natan, Iva Halacheva, Nancy Scherich","doi":"10.1007/s41468-023-00144-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We make use of the 3D nature of knots and links to find savings in computational complexity when computing knot invariants such as the linking number and, in general, most finite type invariants. These savings are achieved in comparison with the 2D approach to knots using knot diagrams.","PeriodicalId":73600,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied and computational topology","volume":"19 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of applied and computational topology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41468-023-00144-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract We make use of the 3D nature of knots and links to find savings in computational complexity when computing knot invariants such as the linking number and, in general, most finite type invariants. These savings are achieved in comparison with the 2D approach to knots using knot diagrams.