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Ascending number of knots and links

Geometric Topology 2007-05-24 v1

Abstract

We introduce a new numerical invariant of knots and links from the descending diagrams. It is considered to live between the unknotting number and the bridge number.

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@article{arxiv.0705.3337,
  title  = {Ascending number of knots and links},
  author = {Makoto Ozawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.3337},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 30 figures