Strong S-equivalence of ordered links
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Recently Swatee Naik and Theodore Stanford proved that two S-equivalent knots are related by a finite sequence of doubled-delta moves on their knot diagrams. We show that classical S-equivalence is not sufficient to extend their result to ordered links. We define a new algebraic relation on Seifert matrices, called Strong S-equivalence, and prove that two oriented, ordered links L and L' are related by a sequence of doubled-delta moves if and only if they are Strongly S-equivalent. We also show that this is equivalent to the fact that L' can be obtained from L through a sequence of Y-clasper surgeries, where each clasper leaf has total linking number zero with L.
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@article{arxiv.math/0409440,
title = {Strong S-equivalence of ordered links},
author = {Carol Gwosdz Gee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409440},
year = {2007}
}
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23 pages, 14 figures