The unoriented band unknotting numbers of torus knots

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author Himeno, Keisuke
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contents The unoriented band unknotting number of a knot is the minimum number of oriented or non-oriented band surgeries that turn the knot into the unknot. Batson introduced a certain non-oriented band surgery for a torus knot. The minimum number of these operations required to turn a torus knot into the unknot is called the pinch number, and it can be easily calculated from the parameters of the torus knot. In this paper, we show that the unoriented band unknotting number and the pinch number coincide for torus knots. In the proof, we use the torsion order of the unoriented knot Floer homology.
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spellingShingle The unoriented band unknotting numbers of torus knots
Himeno, Keisuke
Geometric Topology
Primary 57K10, 57K18, Secondary 57R58
The unoriented band unknotting number of a knot is the minimum number of oriented or non-oriented band surgeries that turn the knot into the unknot. Batson introduced a certain non-oriented band surgery for a torus knot. The minimum number of these operations required to turn a torus knot into the unknot is called the pinch number, and it can be easily calculated from the parameters of the torus knot. In this paper, we show that the unoriented band unknotting number and the pinch number coincide for torus knots. In the proof, we use the torsion order of the unoriented knot Floer homology.
title The unoriented band unknotting numbers of torus knots
topic Geometric Topology
Primary 57K10, 57K18, Secondary 57R58
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14304