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Knots in Washington XVII, Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
December 19-21, 2003
GWU
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Marta M.Asaeda (U.Iowa), Mietek K.Dabkowski (UTD), Jozef H.Przytycki(GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

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Two Types of Amphichiral Links
by
Mark Kidwell
U.S. Naval Academy

We define component preserving amphichiral (CPA) links and component switching amphichiral (CSA) links. We prove that an unoriented two-component link with non-zero even linking number cannot be CPA, answering a question of Livingston.

Date received: November 12, 2003

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