Seifert graphs and the braid index of classical and singular links

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2012.05.019zbMath1248.05049OpenAlexW2088372432MaRDI QIDQ449120

Mariusz Woźniak, Jakub Przybyło, Leonid Plachta

Publication date: 12 September 2012

Published in: Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2012.05.019

zbMATH Keywords

braid indexlink diagramwrithe\(S\)-graphreduction operationsingular link

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10)

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