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On C_n-moves for links

Geometric Topology 2010-02-09 v1

Abstract

A C_n-move is a local move on links defined by Habiro and Goussarov, which can be regarded as a `higher order crossing change'. We use Milnor invariants with repeating indices to provide several classification results for links up to C_n-moves, under certain restrictions. Namely, we give a classification up to C_4-moves of 2-component links, 3-component Brunnian links and n-component C_3-trivial links, and we classify n-component link-homotopically trivial Brunnian links up to C_{n+1}-moves.

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@article{arxiv.math/0607116,
  title  = {On C_n-moves for links},
  author = {Jean-Baptiste Meilhan and Akira Yasuhara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607116},
  year   = {2010}
}

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16 pages