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arxiv: math/9911005 · v1 · submitted 1999-11-02 · 🧮 math.GT

A move on diagrams that generates S-equivalence of knots

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keywords diagramsdoubled-deltaknotknotsmoves-equivalencealexandercorollary
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Two knots in three-space are S-equivalent if they are indistinguishable by Seifert matrices. We show that S-equivalence is generated by the doubled-delta move on knot diagrams. It follows as a corollary that a knot has trivial Alexander polynomial if and only if it can be undone by doubled-delta moves.

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