Abstract
A pass-move and a #-move are local moves on oriented links defined by L. H. Kauffman and H. Murakami respectively. Two links are self pass-equivalent (resp. self #-equivalent) if one can be deformed into the other by pass-moves (resp. #-moves), where none of them can occur between distinct components of the link. These relations are equivalence relations on ordered oriented links and stronger than link-homotopy defined by J. Milnor. We give two complete classifications of links with arbitrarily many components up to self pass-equivalence and up to self #-equivalence respectively. So our classifications give subdivisions of link-homotopy classes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 939-946 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- #-move, pass-move
- Arf invariant
- Link-homotopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematics(all)