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Oriented Link


An oriented link is a link for which each connected component has been given an orientation. As oriented links are equivalent, if there is an orientation preserving homeomorphism of three-space which sends one link to the other, assignments of different orientations to the different components of a link will often result in inequivalent oriented links.


See also

Link, Oriented Knot

This entry contributed by Rasmus Hedegaard

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References

Cerf, C. "Atlas of Oriented Knots and Links." Topology Atlas Invited Contributions 3, No. 2, 1-32, 1998. http://at.yorku.ca/t/a/i/c/31.htm.

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Hedegaard, Rasmus. "Oriented Link." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/OrientedLink.html

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