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arxiv: 0809.4142 · v3 · submitted 2008-09-24 · 🧮 math.GT

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Unknotting genus one knots

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For any knot with genus one and unknotting number one, other than the figure-eight knot, we prove that there is exactly one way to unknot it by means of a crossing change. In the case of the figure-eight knot, we prove that there are precisely two unknotting crossing changes. The proof uses sutured manifold theory and an analysis of the arc complex of the once-punctured torus.

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