Crossing changes, Delta moves, and sharp moves on welded knots
Geometric Topology
2015-10-14 v2
Authors:
Shin Satoh
Abstract
We prove that the crossing changes, Delta moves, and sharp moves are unknotting operations on welded knots.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1510.02554,
title = {Crossing changes, Delta moves, and sharp moves on welded knots},
author = {Shin Satoh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02554},
year = {2015}
}
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