Table of Knot Mosaics
with Mosaic Number 5 or Less

Mosaic number 5 or less

Mosaic number 6 or less

Mosaic number 7

Crossing number:

10 or less

11

12

13

14

15

16

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When listing prime knots with crossing number 10 or less, we will use the Alexander-Briggs notation, matching Rolfsen’s table of knots. [Rolfsen]

01
31
41
51
52
61   (more)
62
63
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819  (n)
820  (n)
821  (n)

References:

Heap, A.; Knowles, D. Tile Number and Space-Efficient Knot Mosaics; J. Knot Theory Ramif. 2018, 27.
Heap, A.; Knowles, D. Space-Efficient Knot Mosaics for Prime Knots with Mosaic Number 6; Involve 2019, 12.
Heap, A.; LaCourt, N. Space-Efficient Prime Knot 7-Mosaics; Symmetry 2020, 12.
Heap, A.; Baldwin, D.; Canning, J.; Vinal, G. Knot Mosaics For Prime Knots with Crossing Number 10 or Less; in preparation.
Kuriya, T.; Shehab, O. The Lomonaco–Kauffman Conjecture; J. Knot Theory Ramif. 2014, 23.
Lee, H.; Ludwig, L.; Paat, J.; Peiffer, A. Knot Mosaic Tabulation; Involve 2018, 11.
Lomonaco, S.J.; Kauffman, L.H. Quantum Knots and Mosaics; Quantum Inf. Process. 2008, 7, 85–115.
Ludwig, L.; Evans, E. An Infinite Family of Knots Whose Mosaic Number Is Realized in Non-reduce Projections; J. Knot Theory Ramif. 2013, 22.
Rolfsen, D. Knots and Links; Publish or Perish Press: Berkeley, CA, USA, 1976.

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