@article{1ee6f78cb6a54e469249623a71928d23,
title = "The pass move is an unknotting operation for welded knots",
abstract = "It is known that the pass move is not an unknotting operation in classical knot theory. In this paper, we prove that the pass move is an unknotting operation in welded knot theory.",
keywords = "Arf invariant, Conway polynomial, Linking number, Pass move, Sharp move, Welded knot",
author = "Takuji Nakamura and Yasutaka Nakanishi and Shin Satoh and Akira Yasuhara",
note = "Funding Information: The first author is partially supported by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 17K05265. The third author is partially supported by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 16K05147. The fourth author is partially supported by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 17K05264. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.topol.2018.07.005",
language = "English",
volume = "247",
pages = "9--19",
journal = "Topology and its Applications",
issn = "0166-8641",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}