Abstract
We show that any two diagrams of the same knot or link are connected by a sequence of Reidemeister moves which are sorted by type.
Citation
Alexander Coward. "Ordering the Reidemeister moves of a classical knot." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 6 (2) 659 - 671, 2006. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2006.6.659
Information
Received: 8 June 2005; Revised: 13 April 2006; Accepted: 17 April 2006; Published: 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017
zbMATH: 1095.57005
MathSciNet: MR2240911
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/agt.2006.6.659
Subjects:
Primary:
57M25
Secondary:
57M27
Keywords:
knot diagram
,
Reidemeister move
Rights: Copyright © 2006 Mathematical Sciences Publishers