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Generalization of arc shift for twisted knots

Komal Negi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-2159

Department of Mathematics, IIT Ropar, Punjab 140001, India

E-mail Address: komal.20maz0004@iitrpr.ac.in

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Madeti Prabhakar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7047-7387

Department of Mathematics, IIT Ropar, Punjab 140001, India

E-mail Address: prabhakar@iitrpr.ac.in

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the invariants of twisted knots derived from the invariants of virtual knots such as the arc shift number and the odd writhe. We provide a class of twisted knots such that the arc shift number of every member is 1.

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AMSC: 57K10, 57K12, 57M15

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