On a problem of effective knot theory

zbMATH Open1001.57007MaRDI QIDQ1293092FDOQ1293092

Authors: Stefano Galatolo 

Publication date: 2 December 1999

Published in: Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

algorithmtriangulationknot diagramnormal surfaceReidemeister movesnumber of crossingspolygonal knottrivial knot

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• TOWARDS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE B–H ALGORITHM FOR RECOGNIZING THE UNKNOT
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