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arxiv: 1011.6304 · v4 · pith:KHK3745Hnew · submitted 2010-11-29 · 🧮 math.GT

Region crossing change is an unknotting operation

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Region crossing change is a local transformation on a knot or link diagram. We show that a region crossing change on a knot diagram is an unknotting operation, and we define the region unknotting numbers for a knot diagram and a knot.

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