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New York Journal of Mathematics
Volume 31 (2025), 1690-1701

  

Thiago de Paiva

Satellite knots that cannot be represented by positive braids with full twists

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Published: December 26, 2025.
Keywords: satellite knots; positive braids; Lorenz knots; braid index; full twists.
Subject [2010]: Primary 57K10; Secondary 57K35.

Abstract
A positive braid with at least one full twist is known to be a minimal braid, i.e, it achieves the braid index for its closure. In this paper we find knots that are the closure of positive minimal braids that cannot be represented by positive braids with full twists. More precisely, we show that some satellite knots with companions and patterns given as the closure of positive braids cannot be represented as the closure of positive braids with full twists. As a consequence, we find infinitely many satellite knots with companions and patterns being Lorenz knots that are not Lorenz knots.

Acknowledgements

I thank the anonymous referee for their detailed and helpful comments, which significantly improved the exposition and clarity of this paper.


Author information

Thiago de Paiva
School of Mathematics
Monash University
Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia

thhiagodepaiva@gmail.com