POSITIVE ALTERNATING LINKS ARE POSITIVELY ALTERNATING

DOI10.1142/S0218216500000050zbMath0999.57005OpenAlexW2052424271MaRDI QIDQ4541102

Takuji Nakamura

Publication date: 30 July 2002

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218216500000050

zbMATH Keywords

HOMFLYhomogeneous linkstandard resolution

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