The granny and the square tangle and the unknotting number

DOI10.1016/S0166-8641(00)00106-1zbMath0992.57003OpenAlexW2027461476MaRDI QIDQ5957278

Alexander Stoimenow

Publication date: 10 September 2002

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-8641(00)00106-1

zbMATH Keywords

branched coveringJones polynomialtanglebraid indexbridge numberslice knot

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On the unknotting number of minimal diagrams

Uses Software

• Mathematica
• Knotscape

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