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1145: 1157: 26: 99: 110: 476: 389: 272: 1218: 1188: 522: 439: 1090: 326: 1193: 1009: 1198: 414: 186:, and showed that the knot is not a smoothly slice knot, though it is topologically slice (the Kinoshita–Terasaka knot is both). 1213: 556: 1208: 1203: 999: 1004: 875: 53: 576: 638: 152: 1223: 644: 708: 703: 515: 265: 836: 1161: 1050: 1019: 490: 479: 148: 103: 880: 63: 1183: 1149: 920: 508: 164: 160: 957: 940: 978: 925: 539: 535: 370: 141: 137: 315: 1075: 1024: 974: 930: 890: 885: 803: 183: 43: 390:"A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student from Maine solved it in days" 1110: 935: 831: 566: 362: 244: 156: 374: 1070: 1034: 969: 915: 870: 863: 753: 665: 548: 494: 483: 179: 78: 290: 1130: 1029: 991: 910: 823: 698: 690: 650: 470: 249: 232: 1177: 1065: 853: 846: 841: 1080: 1060: 964: 947: 743: 680: 182:, 50 years after John Horton Conway first proposed the knot. Her proof made use of 33: 763: 602: 594: 586: 207: 1095: 858: 612: 531: 500: 366: 125: 121: 90: 1115: 1100: 1055: 952: 905: 900: 895: 725: 622: 175: 86: 82: 1120: 788: 1105: 715: 109: 25: 1125: 773: 733: 440:"In a Single Measure, Invariants Capture the Essence of Math Objects" 168: 98: 1014: 108: 97: 1085: 504: 487: 159:. Both knots also have the curious property of having the same 466: 415:"Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem" 353:
Piccirillo, Lisa (2020). "The Conway knot is not slice".
1043: 987: 822: 724: 689: 547: 72: 62: 52: 42: 32: 18: 233:"Homomorphisms of Knot Groups on Finite Groups" 516: 8: 348: 346: 201: 199: 178:of the Conway knot was resolved in 2020 by 523: 509: 501: 316:"Knot theory and the Alexander polynomial" 24: 248: 195: 117:Prime knot named for John Horton Conway 102:Conway knot emblem on a closed gate at 15: 7: 1156: 14: 314:Litjens, Bart (August 16, 2011). 250:10.1090/S0025-5718-1971-0295332-4 1219:Non-tricolorable knots and links 1155: 1144: 1143: 278:from the original on 2016-12-16. 155:, with which it shares the same 1189:Non-alternating knots and links 332:from the original on 2020-06-09 140:with 11 crossings, named after 1010:Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation 1: 375:10.4007/annals.2020.191.2.5 367:10.4007/annals.2020.191.2.5 1240: 1194:Hyperbolic knots and links 237:Mathematics of Computation 1199:Unfibered knots and links 1139: 1000:Alexander–Briggs notation 77: 23: 264:Chmutov, Sergei (2007). 87:slice (topological only) 1091:List of knots and links 639:Kinoshita–Terasaka knot 184:Rasmussen's s-invariant 153:Kinoshita–Terasaka knot 1214:Chiral knots and links 295:homepages.math.uic.edu 231:Riley, Robert (1971). 114: 106: 104:Isaac Newton Institute 1209:Slice knots and links 1204:Prime knots and links 881:Finite type invariant 394:Boston Globe Magazine 355:Annals of Mathematics 212:mathworld.wolfram.com 112: 101: 161:Alexander polynomial 1051:Alexander's theorem 289:Kauffman, Louis H. 206:Weisstein, Eric W. 124:, in particular in 1224:John Horton Conway 493:2020-06-27 at the 482:2020-06-27 at the 438:Klarreich, Erica. 413:Klarreich, Erica. 142:John Horton Conway 136:) is a particular 115: 107: 1171: 1170: 1025:Reidemeister move 891:Khovanov homology 886:Hyperbolic volume 174:The issue of the 165:Conway polynomial 147:It is related by 96: 95: 44:Hyperbolic volume 1231: 1159: 1158: 1147: 1146: 1111:Tait conjectures 814: 813: 799: 798: 784: 783: 676: 675: 661: 660: 645:(−2,3,7) pretzel 525: 518: 511: 502: 454: 453: 451: 450: 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192: 180:Lisa Piccirillo 118: 54:Conway notation 12: 11: 5: 1237: 1235: 1227: 1226: 1221: 1216: 1211: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1186: 1176: 1175: 1169: 1168: 1166: 1165: 1153: 1140: 1137: 1136: 1134: 1133: 1131:Surgery theory 1128: 1123: 1118: 1113: 1108: 1103: 1098: 1093: 1088: 1083: 1078: 1073: 1068: 1063: 1058: 1053: 1047: 1045: 1041: 1040: 1038: 1037: 1032: 1030:Skein relation 1027: 1022: 1017: 1012: 1007: 1002: 996: 994: 985: 984: 982: 981: 975:Unknotting no. 972: 967: 962: 961: 960: 950: 945: 944: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 913: 908: 903: 898: 893: 888: 883: 878: 873: 868: 867: 866: 856: 851: 850: 849: 839: 834: 828: 826: 820: 819: 817: 816: 810: 801: 795: 786: 780: 771: 767: 761: 757: 751: 747: 741: 737: 730: 728: 722: 721: 719: 718: 713: 712: 711: 706: 695: 693: 687: 686: 684: 683: 678: 672: 663: 657: 648: 642: 636: 630: 626: 620: 616: 610: 606: 600: 596: 592: 588: 584: 580: 574: 570: 564: 560: 553: 551: 545: 544: 530: 528: 527: 520: 513: 505: 499: 498: 474: 471:The Knot Atlas 462: 461:External links 459: 456: 455: 430: 405: 380: 361:(2): 581–591. 342: 325:. p. 12. 306: 281: 266:"Mutant Knots" 256: 223: 194: 193: 191: 188: 116: 94: 93: 75: 74: 70: 69: 66: 64:Thistlethwaite 60: 59: 56: 50: 49: 46: 40: 39: 36: 30: 29: 21: 20: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1236: 1225: 1222: 1220: 1217: 1215: 1212: 1210: 1207: 1205: 1202: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1181: 1179: 1164: 1163: 1154: 1152: 1151: 1142: 1141: 1138: 1132: 1129: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1107: 1104: 1102: 1099: 1097: 1094: 1092: 1089: 1087: 1084: 1082: 1079: 1077: 1074: 1072: 1069: 1067: 1066:Conway sphere 1064: 1062: 1059: 1057: 1054: 1052: 1049: 1048: 1046: 1042: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1021: 1018: 1016: 1013: 1011: 1008: 1006: 1003: 1001: 998: 997: 995: 993: 986: 980: 976: 973: 971: 968: 966: 963: 959: 956: 955: 954: 951: 949: 946: 942: 939: 937: 934: 932: 929: 927: 924: 922: 919: 918: 917: 914: 912: 909: 907: 904: 902: 899: 897: 894: 892: 889: 887: 884: 882: 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31: 27: 22: 17: 1160: 1148: 1076:Double torus 1061:Braid theory 876:Crossing no. 871:Crosscap no. 632: 557:Figure-eight 447:. 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Index


Braid no.
Hyperbolic volume
Conway notation
Thistlethwaite
hyperbolic
prime
slice (topological only)
chiral

Isaac Newton Institute
Conway knot
mathematics
knot theory
knot
John Horton Conway
mutation
Kinoshita–Terasaka knot
Jones polynomial
Alexander polynomial
Conway polynomial
unknot
sliceness
Lisa Piccirillo
Rasmussen's s-invariant


"Conway's Knot"
"Homomorphisms of Knot Groups on Finite Groups"
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