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Flexible isotopy classification of flexible links

Johan Björklund

Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, Uppsala, Sweden

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216516500498Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper, we define and study flexible links and flexible isotopy in $ℝ P^{3} \subset ℂ P^{3}$ . Flexible links are meant to capture the topological properties of real algebraic links. We classify all flexible links up to flexible isotopy using Ekholm’s interpretation of Viro’s encomplexed writhe.

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AMSC: 14P25, 57M25

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