Delta-unknotting number for knots

被引:10
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作者
Nakamura, K [1 ]
Nakanishi, Y
Uchida, Y
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Dept Math, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
[2] Kobe Univ, Dept Math, Nada Ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657, Japan
[3] Yamagata Univ, Dept Math Sci, Yamagata 990, Japan
关键词
Delta-unknotting number; Delta-Gordian distance; Conway polynomial; linking number; torus knot; pretzel knot;
D O I
10.1142/S0218216598000334
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
The Delta-unknotting number for a knot is defined to be the minimum number of Delta-unknotting operations which deform the knot into the trivial knot. We determine the Delta-unknotting numbers for torus knots, positive pretzel knots, and positive closed 3-braids.
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页码:639 / 650
页数:12
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