Null-homologous unknottings
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Publication:2055072
DOI10.4171/IRMA/33-1/3zbMATH Open1478.57008arXiv1902.05405MaRDI QIDQ2055072FDOQ2055072
Authors: Charles Livingston
Publication date: 3 December 2021
Abstract: Every knot can be unknotted with two generalized twists; this was first proved by Ohyama. Here we prove that any knot of genus g can be unknotted with 2g null-homologous twists and that there exist genus g knots that cannot be unknotted with fewer than 2g null-homologous twists.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.05405
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