CUHK MATH Unknotting number

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Equivalence
Trefoil
Figure Eight
Whitehead
Trivial Knot
Perko Pairs
 
Classifications
Torus Knots
Alternating Knots
 
Invariants
Crossing number
Bridge number
Unknotting number
Tricolorability
Linking number
Polynomials
a knot of 10 crossing (the minimum) It needs to change 3 crossings to make it unknot.
the same knot with 12 crossing But, we can unknot this one by changing ONLY 2 crossings. Therefore, the unknotting number is 2.

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