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Link genus and the Conway moves

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  1. Mathematics Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, 93105, Santa Barbara, CA

    Martin Scharlemann & Abigail Thompson

  2. Mathematics Department, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA

    Martin Scharlemann & Abigail Thompson

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Supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Support of the Lady Davis Fellowship Trust is gratefully acknowledged.

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Scharlemann, M., Thompson, A. Link genus and the Conway moves. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 64, 527–535 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02564693

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