ALMOST POSITIVE LINKS HAVE NEGATIVE SIGNATURE

DOI10.1142/S0218216510007838zbMath1195.57019arXiv0904.4130OpenAlexW2017767099MaRDI QIDQ3558829

Józef H. Przytycki, Kouki Taniyama

Publication date: 10 May 2010

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4130

zbMATH Keywords

signatureJones polynomialunknotting numbertwist knotTristram-Levine signaturepositive linkalmost positive link

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• KnotInfo

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