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When is arc crossing change an unknotting operation?

2025/09/10 by Cheng, Zhiyun, Qian Liao, Jiahao Song +2
Computer Science · Mathematics · #57K10 #57M15 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Logic, programming, and type systems #Mathematics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.08341

openalex publication_date 2025/09/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper extends the study of arc crossing change, a local operation on knot diagrams recently introduced by Cericola, from knot diagrams to link diagrams. We consider two types of arc crossing change on link diagrams and discuss when they are unknotting operations. Furthermore, we show that any two crossing points in an alternating knot diagram are arc crossing change admissible.

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