A class of knots containing the class of alternating knots. Let 
be the link crossing number. Then for knot
sum 
which is an adequate knot,
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This relationship is postulated to hold true for all knots.
Adequate Knot
See also
Alternating Knot, Link Crossing NumberExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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