An unknotting sequence for torus knots

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2015.05.065zbMATH Open1330.57015arXiv1312.7679OpenAlexW1552406188MaRDI QIDQ898504

Vikash Siwach, Prabhakar Madeti

Publication date: 18 December 2015

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, the authors give an unknotting sequence for torus knots and also provide unknotting numbers of ${}_{n}14_{17191}{,}_{n}14_{14274}{,}_{n}14_{18351}{,}_{n}14_{24498}$ and some other knots from the knot table of Hoste-Thistlethwite.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7679

zbMATH Keywords

genustorus knotsunknotting numberquasi-positive braids

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