Nullification of Torus Knots and Links

Knot nullification is an unknotting operation performed on knots and links that can be used to model DNA recombination moves of circular DNA molecules in the laboratory. Thus nullification is a biologically relevant operation that should be studied. Nullification moves can be naturally grouped into...

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Main Author: Bettersworth, Zachary S
Format: Others
Published: TopSCHOLAR® 2016
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1626
http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2627&context=theses