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Knots in Washington XX; 60th birthday of Louis H. Kauffman
February 11-13, 2005
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Sofia Lambropoulou (NTUA and Univ. de Caen), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

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Quadrisecants and quadrisecant approximations of knots
by
Gyo Taek Jin
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

We discuss about the minimal number of quadrisecants of knots with small crossing number. The polygonal knot inscribed in a given knot at its quadrisecant points is called the quadrisecant approximation of the knot. We conjecture that every knot and its quadrisecant approximation have the same knot type.

Date received: February 11, 2005

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