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Crossing number of a knot (c(K))

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The crossing number c(K) is the least number of crossings in any knot diagram of K.
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Tait crossing-number theorem

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Crossing number of a knot
Every reduced alternating diagram of a link has the minimum possible number of crossings. This result is one of the former Tait conjectures.

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