Invariants of knot diagrams

Joel Hass, Tahl Nowik

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Abstract

We construct a new order 1 invariant for knot diagrams. We use it to determine the minimal number of Reidemeister moves needed to pass between certain pairs of knot diagrams.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-137
Number of pages13
JournalMathematische Annalen
Volume342
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
J. Hass was partially supported by an NSF grant.

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