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Semi-isotopic knots

Geometric Topology 2022-01-04 v3

Abstract

A knot\textit{knot} is a possibly wild simple closed curve in S3S^3. A knot JJ is semi-isotopic\textit{semi-isotopic} to a knot KK if there is an annulus AA in S3×[0,1]S^3\times[0,1] such that A(S3×{0,1})=A=(J×{0})(K×{1})A\cap(S^3\times\{0,1\})=\partial A=(J\times\{0\})\cup(K\times\{1\}) and there is a homeomorphism e:S1×[0,1)A(K×{1})e:S^1\times[0,1)\rightarrow A-(K\times\{1\}) such that e(S1×{t})S3×{t}e(S^1\times\{t\})\subset S^3\times\{t\} for every t[0,1)t\in[0,1). Theorem.\textbf{Theorem.} Every knot is semi-isotopic to an unknot.

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@article{arxiv.2112.13940,
  title  = {Semi-isotopic knots},
  author = {Fredric D. Ancel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.13940},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

10 pages, 5 figures, minor formatting change, minor typo correct

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