Algebraic link

In the mathematical field of knot theory, an algebraic link is a link formed by connecting the open ends of an algebraic tangle.[1] Algebraic links are also called arborescent links.[2] Although algebraic links and algebraic tangles were originally defined by John H. Conway as having two pairs of open ends, they were subsequently generalized to more pairs.[3]

References
  1. Adams, Colin C. (1994), The Knot Book, American Mathematical Society, p. 48, ISBN 9780821886137.
  2. Gabai, David (1986). "Genera of the arborescent links". Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 59 (339): 1–98. doi:10.1090/memo/0339.
  3. Hazewinkel, Michiel (2001), Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III, Volume 13, Springer, p. 34, ISBN 9781556080104.
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