报告人:Liangxia Wan (Beijing Jiaotong University)
 
                    时间:2019-03-21   15:10-17:00
  
                    地点:Room 1114, Sciences Building No. 1
                   
                  
                    Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce an embedding presentation of a diagram, which is proved to be a unique 
presentation of a diagram. Let $\cal L$ be a set of all of diagrams, called also links in this paper. An algebraic 
system $(\cal L, \sim)$ is constructed. In fact, a link in $R^3$ (or $S^3$) is the equivalent class $[L]$ where 
$L$ is one of its embedding presentations. Based on $(\cal L, \sim)$, Reduction Crossing Algorithm is
proposed which is used to reduce the number of crossings in an embedding presentation by introducing 
a main tool called a pass replacement. For an infinite set of unknots $\cal U$, each $K$ in $\cal U$ can 
be transformed  into the trivial unknot in at most  $O(n^c)$ by applying  the algorithm where $c$ is a 
constant, $K\in {\cal U}$ and $n=|V(K)|$. As special consequences, three unknots are unknotted,  
which are Goeritz's unknot, Thistlethwaite's unknot and Haken's unknot (image courtesy of Cameron 
Gordon). Moreover, an infinite family of unknots $K_{G_{2k,2l}}\in {\cal U}$ are unknotted in 
$O(n\log\log n)$ time. In addition, unique presentations of a virtual link, an oriented link and oriented virtual link are introduced respectively.