Vassiliev invariants and rational knots of unknotting number one

dc.creatorStoimenow, A.
dc.date1999-09-09
dc.date2001-12-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:30:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:30:43Z
dc.descriptionIntroducing a way to modify knots using $n$-trivial rational tangles, we show that knots with given values of Vassiliev invariants of bounded degree can have arbitrary unknotting number (extending a recent result of Ohyama, Taniyama and Yamada). The same result is shown for 4-genera and finite reductions of the homology group of the double branched cover. Closer consideration is given to rational knots, where it is shown that the number of $n$-trivial rational knots of at most $k$ crossings is for any $n$ asymptotically at least $C^{(\ln k)^2}$ for any $C<\sqrt[2\ln 2]{e}$.
dc.description13 pages, 2 figures; revision 26 Nov 99: added reference [OTY], discussion of signatures, branched cover homology and 4-genera, more problems; revision 7 Sep 01: Theorem 1.2 slightly improved, a few other minor structural changes; revision 20 Dec 01: final version, Theorem 1.2 improved, 2 sections removed
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/9909050
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/9909050
dc.identifierTopology 42(1) (2003), 227--241.
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/79080
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject57M25
dc.titleVassiliev invariants and rational knots of unknotting number one
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