scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1021708

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Authors Yasutaka Nakanishi

Publication date 24 July 2000

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/44233

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2-bridge knot

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The author proves the following theorem: Let \(K\) be a 2-bridge knot with unknotting number \(1\). Then any minimum diagram of \(K\) contains a crossing at which an application of unknotting operation yields a trivial knot. This theorem need not be true for an arbitrary diagram of \(K\), or if the unknotting number of \(K\) is greater than one. In fact, the 2-bridge knot \(10_8\) (whose unknotting number is \(2\)) gives a counterexample to the theorem. The proof of the theorem depends on the characterization of unknotting number one \(2\)-bridge knots due to Kanenobu and H. Murakami.

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