Algebraic link explained

In the mathematical field of knot theory, an algebraic link is a link that can be decomposed by Conway spheres into 2-tangles.^[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]

Notes and References

1. Thistlethwaite . Morwen B. . Morwen Thistlethwaite . 2 . . 1132393 . 317–333 . On the algebraic part of an alternating link . 151 . 1991.
2. Gabai. David. David Gabai. Genera of the arborescent links. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 1986. 59. 339. 1–98. 10.1090/memo/0339.
3. Encyclopedia: Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III, Volume 13. Michiel. Hazewinkel. 9781556080104. Springer. 2001. 34. .