Topological insights from the Chinese Rings

Przytycki, Józef; Sikora, Adam

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06093-2

Topological insights from the Chinese Rings
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (2002), 893-902 Request permission

Abstract:

L. Kauffman conjectured that a particular solution of the Chinese Rings puzzle is the simplest possible. We prove his conjecture by using low-dimensional topology and group theory. We notice also a surprising connection between the Chinese Rings and Habiro moves (related to Vassiliev invariants).

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