{ "id": "math/0501393", "version": "v1", "published": "2005-01-23T16:55:12.000Z", "updated": "2005-01-23T16:55:12.000Z", "title": "Minimal diagrams of classical and virtual links", "authors": [ "Vassily Olegovich Manturov" ], "comment": "7 Pages, 1 Table, 1 Figure", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "We prove that a virtual link diagrams satisfying two conditions on the Khovanov homology is minimal, that is, there is no virtual diagram representing the same link with smaller number of crossings. This approach works for both classical and virtual links", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2005-01-23T16:55:12.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M25" ], "keywords": [ "minimal diagrams", "approach works", "smaller number", "virtual link diagrams satisfying", "khovanov homology" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2005math......1393O" } } }