2 papers
math.GT2025
Loops of handleslides for sutured diagrams
Qianhe Qin
We prove that the cut-system complex of a sutured compression body, with vertices representing cut-systems and edges corresponding to handleslides, becomes simply connected when si…
math.GT2024
Slicing degree of knots
Qianhe Qin
The slicing degree of a knot is defined as the smallest integer such that is -slice in for some . In this paper, we establish boun…