Journal of UOEH
Online ISSN : 2187-2864
Print ISSN : 0387-821X
ISSN-L : 0387-821X
DNA Knots and Strong Triviality
Ichiro TORISU
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2009 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 173-179

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A circle embedded in 3-space without self-intersection is called a knot. A knot is a mathematical object according to topology. Knot theory studies how complicated a given knot is, or whether it is trivial. Any knot can be represented by a diagram with above and below information at the crossings. Then a knot obtained by replacing the information at one crossing is generally another knot. This operation is called a crossing change. A crossing change is an important notion in knot theory. In this article, we survey the strong triviality of knots, which is one of the multi-crossing changes.
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