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THE HALF-TWISTED SPLICE OPERATION ON REDUCED KNOT PROJECTIONS.

Authors :
ITO, NOBORU
SHIMIZU, AYAKA
Source :
Journal of Knot Theory & Its Ramifications. Oct2012, Vol. 21 Issue 11, p-1. 10p. 19 Diagrams.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We show that any nontrivial reduced knot projection can be obtained from a trefoil projection by a finite sequence of half-twisted splice operations and their inverses such that the result of each step in the sequence is reduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02182165
Volume :
21
Issue :
11
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Knot Theory & Its Ramifications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
79448650
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/S021821651250112X