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Unknotting virtual knots with Gauss diagram forbidden moves

2000/07/03 by Sam Nelson
Mathematics · #math.GT #msc:57M25

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published as J. knot Theory Ramifications 10 (2001) 931-935 · 5 pages; see http://www.math.lsu.edu/~nelson for a higher resolution version and more about virtual knots

arxiv created 2000/07/03 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The forbidden moves can be combined with Gauss diagram Reidemeister moves to obtain move sequences with which we may change any Gauss diagram (and hence any virtual knot) into any other, including in particular the unknotted diagram

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