{
  "id": "1211.6909",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-11-29T13:31:22.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-11-29T13:31:22.000Z",
  "title": "A Sharp Upper Bound for Region Unknotting Number of Torus Knots",
  "authors": [
    "Vikash Siwach",
    "Madeti Prabhakar"
  ],
  "comment": "17 pages, 2 figures",
  "journal": "Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, Vol. 22, No. 5 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1142/S0218216513500193",
  "categories": [
    "math.GT",
    "math.GN"
  ],
  "abstract": "Region crossing change for a knot or a proper link is an unknotting operation. In this paper, we provide a sharp upper bound on the region unknotting number for a large class of torus knots and proper links. Also, we discuss conditions on torus links to be proper.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-11-29T13:31:22.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "57M25"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "sharp upper bound",
      "region unknotting number",
      "torus knots",
      "proper link",
      "torus links"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 17,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012arXiv1211.6909S"
    }
  }
}