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A subspecies of region crossing change, region freeze crossing change

Ayumu Inoue

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-8449

Department of Mathematics Education, Aichi University of Education, Kariya, Aichi 448-8542, Japan

E-mail Address: ainoue@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp

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Ryo Shimizu

Okazakigakuen High School, Okazaki, Aichi 444-0071, Japan

E-mail Address: s2120304@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216516500759Cited by:5 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We introduce a local move on a link diagram named a region freeze crossing change which is close to a region crossing change, but not the same. We study similarity and difference between region crossing change and region freeze crossing change.

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AMSC: 57M25

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