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BRIDGE PRESENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL KNOTS

MIKAMI HIRASAWA

Department of Mathematics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan

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NAOKO KAMADA

Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan

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SEIICHI KAMADA

Department of Mathematics, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216511009017Cited by:7 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We study bridge presentations of virtual knots, and determine the virtual bridge numbers of pseudo-prime virtual knots with real crossing numbers less than 5, except two virtual knots.

Dedicated to Professor Akio Kawauchi for his 60th birthday

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AMSC: 57M25

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