Invariants of Knot Diagrams
Geometric Topology
2007-08-21 v1
Abstract
We construct a new order 1 invariant for knot diagrams. We use it to determine the minimal number of Reidemeister moves needed to pass between certain pairs of knot diagrams.
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@article{arxiv.0708.2509,
title = {Invariants of Knot Diagrams},
author = {Joel Hass and Tahl Nowik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2509},
year = {2007}
}