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Notes on unknotting algorithms using normal surface theory

Geometric Topology 2023-11-08 v1 General Topology

Abstract

These notes present two normal surface theory algorithms to detect the unknot and use the split-link algorithm to prove that the figure-eight knot is knotted.

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@article{arxiv.2311.03693,
  title  = {Notes on unknotting algorithms using normal surface theory},
  author = {Hakan Solak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.03693},
  year   = {2023}
}
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