Primeness of twisted knots
Primeness of twisted knots
Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper V"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">V</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a standardly embedded solid torus in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper S cubed"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{S^3}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> with a meridian-preferred longitude pair <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" …