Some noninvertible links

Li, Gui-Song

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04173-2

Some noninvertible links
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 1557-1563 Request permission

Abstract:

We construct for each ${n}\ge {2}$ infinitely many $n$-component oriented links that are neither amphicheiral nor invertible; among these examples, infinitely many are Brunnian links.

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