Delta-Unknotting Number for Two-Bridge Knots
Geometric Topology
2025-12-30 v1
Abstract
The -unknotting number for a knot is defined as the minimum number of -moves needed to deform the knot into the trivial knot. We determine the -unknotting numbers for two-bridge knots of type and type , where is a positive integer for . We also discuss two-bridge knots whose -unknotting number is equal to one.
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@article{arxiv.2512.22970,
title = {Delta-Unknotting Number for Two-Bridge Knots},
author = {Kazumichi Nakamura},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.22970},
year = {2025}
}
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15 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables