superslice
superslice noun: a knot for which there is an almost identical trivial knot.
Noun
superslice (plural superslices)
- A knot for which there is an almost identical trivial knot.
- The Kinoshita-Terasaka knot K_(KT), illustrated in Fig. 1 is the first example of a superslice, which has been know at latest in 1970 by R.H. Fox, F. Hosokawa, T. Yangawa and others.2012, M.E. Bozhüyük, Topics in Knot Theory, →ISBN, page 69
- A slice that is an amalgamation of smaller slices.
- These transformations occur only if all bit slices within a superslice have identical context (e.g., all bit slice input ports a within a superslice have the constant value 0 applied from the outside). Otherwise, the superslice is left unchanged.2010, Scott Hauck, André DeHon, Reconfigurable Computing
Adjective
superslice (not comparable)
- Having the property of being a superslice.
- Answering a question of Livingston-Meier, we find smoothly slice (in fact doubly slice) knots in the 3-sphere with Alexander polynomial equal to 1 that are not smoothly superslice..2016, Daniel Ruberman, “On smoothly superslice knots”, in arXiv
Forms of superslice
| plural | superslices |
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Origin of superslice
From super- + slice.
Questions about superslice
- What does superslice mean?
- Superslice means a knot for which there is an almost identical trivial knot.
- What part of speech is superslice?
- Superslice can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of superslice?
- The plural of superslice is superslices.
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