Abstract
The crosscap number of a knot in the 3-sphere is the minimal genus of non-orientable surfaces bounded by the knot. We determine the crosscap numbers of torus knots. Also, we show that a minimal genus non-orientable surface bounded by a non-trivial torus knot is unique.
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