Unknotting number and number of Reidemeister moves needed for unlinking

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2012.01.008zbMath1260.57011arXiv1012.4131OpenAlexW2963930611MaRDI QIDQ664710

Miwa Hayashi, Chuichiro Hayashi, Tahl Nowik

Publication date: 2 March 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.4131

zbMATH Keywords

link diagramunknotting numberReidemeister movelink diagram invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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