%0 Journal Article
%T Some minimal elements for a partial order of prime knots
%A Teruaki Kitano
%A Masaaki Suzuki
%J Mathematics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%X A partial order on the set of prime knots can be defined by the existence of an epimorphism between knot groups. We prove that all the prime knots with up to $6$ crossings are minimal. We also show that each fibered knot with the irreducible Alexander polynomial is minimal.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3168v1