An integral region choice problem on knot projection

DOI10.1142/S0218216512501192MaRDI QIDQ4904853zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kazushi Ahara, Masaaki Suzuki

Publication date 11 February 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4539

zbMATH Keywords

knot diagramregion crossing changeregion choice problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Games on graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C57)

Abstract: In this paper we propose {it a region choice problem} for a knot projection. This problem is an integral extension of Shimizu's 'region crossing change unknotting operation.' We show that there exists a solution of the region choice problem for all knot projections.

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