Two-Component Link Symmetries

A mathematical knot is a closed curve in a three-dimensional space that does not intersect itself, while a link is two or more such curves that do not intersect each other. We consider the ``intrinsic'' symmetry group of a two-component link L which records directly whether L is isotopic to a link obtained by reversing the orientation of the ambient space, reversing the orientations of the components, or permuting the components of L. It is a subgroup of the Whitten group, the group of all such isotopies.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Cornish, James Stevens

• Link Symmetries

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/37308

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/37308