The gordian distance of handlebody-knots and alexander biquandle colorings

Tomo Murao*

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Abstract

We give lower bounds for the Gordian distance and the un- knotting number of handlebody-knots by using Alexander biquandle colorings. We construct handlebody-knots with Gordian distance n and unknotting num- ber n for any positive integer n.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1247-1267
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of the Mathematical Society of Japan
Volume70
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biquandle
  • Gordian distance
  • Handlebody-knot
  • Unknotting number

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)

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