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The minimum number of Fox colors modulo 13 is 5

2015/08/30 by Filipe Bento, Bento, Filipe, Pedro Lopes +1
Mathematics · #57M27 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #math.GT #msc:57M27

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1508.07559

35 pages, 37 figures

arxiv created 2015/10/04 · arxiv updated 2015/10/06

Abstract

In this article we show that if a knot diagram admits a non-trivial coloring modulo 13 then there is an equivalent diagram which can be colored with 5 colors. Leaning on known results, this implies that the minimum number of colors modulo 13 is 5.

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