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The determination of the pairs of two-bridge knots or links with Gordian distance one

Author(s): Ichiro Torisu
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 1565-1571.
MSC (1991): Primary 57M25
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Abstract: We thoroughly determine the pairs of two-bridge knots or links with Gordian distance one. In addition, we examine the Gordian distance between a Montesinos knot (or link) and a two-bridge knot (or link).


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Ichiro Torisu
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560, Japan
Email: torisu@math.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04181-1
PII: S 0002-9939(98)04181-1
Received by editor(s): April 8, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 22, 1996
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society


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