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KNOTS AND LINKS WITHOUT PARALLEL TANGENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2003

YING-QING WU
YING-QING WU
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA52242, USAwu@math.uiowa.edu
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Abstract

This paper solves a problem posed by Colin Adams, showing that any link $L$ in ${\bb R}^3$ is isotopic to a smooth link $\hat{L}$ that has no parallel or antiparallel tangents.

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Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , November 2002 , pp. 681 - 690
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© The London Mathematical Society 2002

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Partially supported by NSF grant #DMS 9802558.