Non-trivial negative links have positive signature

DOI10.1007/BF01258439zbMath0665.57008OpenAlexW2031523074MaRDI QIDQ1116118

Paweł Traczyk

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/155315

zbMATH Keywords

signature of a negative linksignature of alternating links

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Cites Work

• Non-trivial positive braids have positive signature
• On Invariants of Graphs with Applications to Knot Theory
• A combinatorial formula for the signature of alternating diagrams

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