# New Superbridge Index Calculations from Non-Minimal Realizations

@article{Shonkwiler2022NewSI,
title={New Superbridge Index Calculations from Non-Minimal Realizations},
author={Clayton Shonkwiler},
journal={Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications},
year={2022}
}
• C. Shonkwiler
• Published 14 June 2022
• Mathematics
• Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
Previous work [22] used polygonal realizations of knots to reduce the problem of computing the superbridge number of a realization to a linear programming problem, leading to new sharp upper bounds on the superbridge index of a number of knots. The present work extends this technique to polygonal realizations with an odd number of edges and determines the exact superbridge index of many new knots, including the majority of the 9-crossing knots for which it was previously unknown and, for the…

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