Primality of theta-curves with proper rational tangle unknotting number one

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Authors Kenneth L. Baker, Dorothy Buck, Danielle O'Donnol, Allison H. Moore, Scott A. Taylor

Publication date 20 January 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Generalized knots (virtual knots, welded knots, quandles, etc.) (57K12)

Abstract: We show that if a composite $heta$-curve has (proper rational) unknotting number one, then it is the order 2 sum of a (proper rational) unknotting number one knot and a trivial $heta$-curve. We also prove similar results for 2-strand tangles and knotoids.

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