A Counterexample to the Bernhard–Jablan Unknotting Conjecture

DOI10.1080/10586458.2019.1580633zbMATH Open1480.57003arXiv1705.05985OpenAlexW2963457800WikidataQ123146581 ScholiaQ123146581MaRDI QIDQ3383702FDOQ3383702

Authors: Mark Brittenham, Susan Hermiller 

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Published in: Experimental Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that there is a knot satisfying the property that for each minimal crossing number diagram of the knot and each single crossing of the diagram, changing the crossing results in a diagram for a knot whose unknotting number is at least that of the original knot, thus giving a counterexample to the Bernhard-Jablan Conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05985

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zbMATH Keywords

unknotting numberknotscapeminimal crossing diagramsnappy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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