Satellite fully positive braid links are braided satellites of fully positive braid links

A link in [Formula: see text] is a fully positive braid link if it is the closure of a positive braid that contains at least one full twist. We show that a fully positive braid link is a satellite link if and only if it is the satellite of a fully positive braid link [Formula: see text] such that the pattern is a positive braid that contains sufficiently many full twists, where the number of necessary full twists only depends on [Formula: see text]. The proof uses various techniques and aspects of braids. As an application, we give a characterization of the unknot by the property that a certain braided satellite is a (fully) positive braid knot.

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Journal of Topology and Analysis
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2025-11-20
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https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793525326500068
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Satellite fully positive braid links are braided satellites of fully positive braid links

Tetsuya Ito
Journal of Topology and Analysis
Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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Satellite fully positive braid links are braided satellites of fully positive braid links

Tetsuya Ito
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Abstract

A link in [Formula: see text] is a fully positive braid link if it is the closure of a positive braid that contains at least one full twist. We show that a fully positive braid link is a satellite link if and only if it is the satellite of a fully positive braid link [Formula: see text] such that the pattern is a positive braid that contains sufficiently many full twists, where the number of necessary full twists only depends on [Formula: see text]. The proof uses various techniques and aspects of braids. As an application, we give a characterization of the unknot by the property that a certain braided satellite is a (fully) positive braid knot.

Journal of Topology and Analysis
Kyoto University (JP)
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Geometric and Algebraic Topology
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