To study embeddings of tangles in knots, we use quandle cocycle invariants. Computations are carried out for tables of knots and
tangles to investigate which tangles may or may not embed in knots in the tables.
@article{1243429961,
author = {Ameur, Kheira and Elhamdadi, Mohamed and Rose, Tom and Saito, Masahico and Smudde, Chad},
title = {Tangle Embeddings and Quandle Cocycle Invariants},
journal = {Experiment. Math.},
volume = {17},
number = {1},
year = {2008},
pages = { 487-498},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1243429961}
}
Ameur, Kheira; Elhamdadi, Mohamed; Rose, Tom; Saito, Masahico; Smudde, Chad. Tangle Embeddings and Quandle Cocycle Invariants. Experiment. Math., Tome 17 (2008) no. 1, pp. 487-498. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1243429961/