Rational tangle surgery and Xer recombination on catenanes

Algebraic and Geometric Topology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1183-1210

  Darcy, Isabel K ^a   Ishihara, Kai ^b   Medikonduri, Ram K ^c   Shimokawa, Koya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Pyxis Solutions   (United States)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84863765426     PISSN: 14722747     EISSN: 14722739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/agt.2012.12.1183     Document Type: Article

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