A094031 Number of n-crossing 2 component links with alternating braids of 3 strands.

0, 1, 0, 5, 0, 18, 0, 57, 0, 183, 0, 604, 0, 2047, 0, 7145, 0, 25471, 0, 92193

Offset: 4

Author

Thomas A. Gittings, Apr 22 2004

Keywords

• nonn
• more

References

• K. Murasugi and B. J. Kurpita, A Study of Braids, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999), pp. 127-166

Links

• T. A. Gittings, Minimum braids: a complete invariant of knots and links.
• V. F. R. Jones, Hecke algebra representations of braid groups and link polynomials, Ann. of Math., 126 (1987), pp. 335-388.

Crossrefs

Cf. A094029, A094030, A094032.