Unknotting the spun $T^{2}$-knot of a classical torus knot
Unknotting the spun $T^{2}$-knot of a classical torus knot
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解开经典环面结的旋转 $T^{2}$-结
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10.18910/23425
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发表时间:
2012
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0.4
通讯作者:
Inasa Nakamura
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作者:
Inasa Nakamura
We show that for the closure of a classical braid which satisfi es certain conditions, the spunT2-knot of the classical knot has the unknotting number one. Th is gives an alternative proof of the fact that the spun T2-knot of a classical torus knot has the unknotting number one. 0. Introduction A surface knotis the image of a smooth embedding of a closed connected surface into the Euclidean 4-space R4. Kanenobu and Marumoto [10] showed that the spun 2-knot of a classical torus knot has the unknotting numb er one. Hence it follows that the spunT2-knot of a classical torus knot has the unknotting number one . Here, thespun T2-knot of a classical knotK is the product ofK in a 3-ball B3 with a circle S1, embedded intoR4 via the natural embedding of B3 S1 into R4 ([15, 2]). In this paper, we show that for the closure of a classical brai d which satisfies certain conditions, the spunT2-knot of the classical knot has the unknotting number one (Th eorem 3.1). Theorem 3.1 gives an alternative proof of the abov e-mentioned fact that the spun T2-knot of a classical torus knot has the unknotting number one (Corollary 3.2). The proof of Theorem 3.1 is shown by a diagrammatic method, by using a surface link chart presenting the spun T2-knot. A surface link chart is a sort of finite graph in a 2-disk with so me additional data ([5, 8, 9]). Any oriented surface knot is presented by a surfa ce link chart ([7, 8, 9]). An unknotted surface knot is presented by an unknotted chart ([ 5, 9]). It is known [4] that any oriented surface knot S can be deformed to an unknotted surface knot by applying 1-handle surgeries along a finite number of mutually disjoin t riented 1-handles. The unknotting numberof S is the minimum number of such 1-handles necessary to deform S to be unknotted. Afree edgeis an edge in a chart such that the end points are vertices of degree one. Applying a 1-handle surgery to an ori ented surface knot S along a nice 1-handle is presented by adding a free edge to a surface link chart presenting S ([6]). 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 57Q45; Sec ondary 57Q35.
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发表时间:
2013
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作者:
S. Imajo;et al;Seiichi Kamada
通讯作者:
Seiichi Kamada