Knot Mosaics for the 86 Knot

For many knots, the tile number and/or crossing number cannot be realized when the mosaic number is realized.

The mosaic of the 86 knot given in the table has the mosaic number and tile number realized, but the crossing number of this knot cannot be realized on a 6-mosaic. The crossing number is first realized on a 7-mosaic with 27 non-blank tiles. Below are the relevant mosaics.

86 with mosaic and tile numbers realized
86 with crossing number realized

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References:

Heap, A.; Knowles, D. Space-Efficient Knot Mosaics for Prime Knots with Mosaic Number 6; Involve 2019, 12.
Heap, A.; Baldwin, D.; Canning, J.; Vinal, G. Knot Mosaics For Prime Knots with Crossing Number 10 or Less; in preparation.
Lee, H.; Ludwig, L.; Paat, J.; Peiffer, A. Knot Mosaic Tabulation; Involve 2018, 11.

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