3 papers
math.GT2001
Irreducibility of spatial graphs
Kouki Taniyama
A graph embedded in the 3-sphere is called irreducible if it is non-splittable and for any 2-sphere embedded in the 3-sphere that intersects the graph at one point the graph is con…
math.GT2001
Local moves on spatial graphs and finite type invariants
Kouki Taniyama, Akira Yasuhara
We define -moves for embeddings of a finite graph into the 3-sphere for each natural number . Let -equivalence denote an equivalence relation generated by -moves…
math.GT2000
Band description of knots and Vassiliev invariants
Kouki Taniyama, Akira Yasuhara
In 1993 K. Habiro defined -move of oriented links and around 1994 he proved that two oriented knots are transformed into each other by -moves if and only if they have the…