Topological Insights from the Chinese Rings
Geometric Topology
2015-05-27 v2 General Topology
Abstract
L. Kauffman conjectured that a particular solution of the Chinese Rings puzzle is the simplest possible. We prove his conjecture by using low-dimensional topology and group theory. We notice also a surprising connection between the Chinese Rings and Habiro moves (related to Vassiliev invariants).
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@article{arxiv.math/0007134,
title = {Topological Insights from the Chinese Rings},
author = {Jozef H. Przytycki and Adam S. Sikora},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0007134},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 12 figures, to appear in Proc. of AMS