English

Arc shift move and region arc shift move for twisted knots

Geometric Topology 2026-02-09 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the unknotting operation for twisted knots, called arc shift move. First, we find a family of twisted knots with arc shift number nn for any given nNn \in \mathbb{N}. Then we define a new unknotting operation, called the region arc shift move for twisted knots and find family of twisted knots whose region arc shift number is less than or equal to nn for any given nNn \in \mathbb{N}. Later, we explore bounds for region arc shift number and forbidden number.

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@article{arxiv.2602.06432,
  title  = {Arc shift move and region arc shift move for twisted knots},
  author = {Tumpa Mahato and Prabhakar Madeti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06432},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

21 pages, 30 figures, 4 tables

R2 v1 2026-07-01T10:23:48.105Z