Region crossing change is an unknotting operation

DOI10.2969/JMSJ/06630693MaRDI QIDQ743686zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ayaka Shimizu

Publication date 30 September 2014

Published in Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.6304, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1406206968

zbMATH Keywords

knot diagramcrossing numberlocal moveregion crossing changeunknotting operation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: Region crossing change is a local transformation on a knot or link diagram. We show that a region crossing change on a knot diagram is an unknotting operation, and we define the region unknotting numbers for a knot diagram and a knot.

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