Invariants of knot diagrams and relations among Reidemeister moves
Invariants of knot diagrams and relations among Reidemeister moves
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结图的不变量和 Reidemeister 动作之间的关系
DOI:
10.1142/s0218216501001402
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
0.5
通讯作者:
Olof
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作者:
Olof
In this paper a classification of Reidemeister moves, which is the most refined, is introduced. In particular, this classification distinguishes some Ω3-moves that only differ in how the three strands that are involved in the move are ordered on the knot. To transform knot diagrams of isotopic knots into each other one must in general use Ω3-moves of at least two different classes. To show this, knot diagram invariants that jump only under Ω3-moves are introduced. Knot diagrams of isotopic knots can be connected by a sequence of Reidemeister moves of only six, out of the total of 24, classes. This result can be applied in knot theory to simplify proofs of invariance of diagrammatical knot invariants. In particular, a criterion for a function on Gauss diagrams to define a knot invariant is presented.