Equivariant unknotting numbers of strongly invertible knots

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Autores principales: Boyle, Keegan, Chen, Wenzhao
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Publicado: 2024
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author Boyle, Keegan
Chen, Wenzhao
author_facet Boyle, Keegan
Chen, Wenzhao
contents We study symmetric crossing change operations for strongly invertible knots. Our main theorem is that the most natural notion of equivariant unknotting number is not additive under connected sum, in contrast with the longstanding conjecture that unknotting number is additive.
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spellingShingle Equivariant unknotting numbers of strongly invertible knots
Boyle, Keegan
Chen, Wenzhao
Geometric Topology
57K10, 57M60
We study symmetric crossing change operations for strongly invertible knots. Our main theorem is that the most natural notion of equivariant unknotting number is not additive under connected sum, in contrast with the longstanding conjecture that unknotting number is additive.
title Equivariant unknotting numbers of strongly invertible knots
topic Geometric Topology
57K10, 57M60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09797